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Article 238 Directive 2006/112/EC

Simplification measures

Title XI · Obligations of taxable persons and certain non-taxable persons › Chapter 3 · Invoicing › Section 6 · Simplification measures

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Text of Article 238

1.After consulting the VAT Committee, Member States may, in accordance with conditions which they may lay down, provide that in the following cases only the information required pursuant to Article 226b shall be entered on invoices in respect of supplies of goods or services:

(a)where the amount of the invoice is higher than EUR 100 but not higher than EUR 400, or the equivalent in national currency;

(b)where commercial or administrative practice in the business sector concerned or the technical conditions under which the invoices are issued make it particularly difficult to comply with all the obligations referred to in Article 226 or 230.

3.The simplified arrangements provided for in paragraph 1 shall not be applied where invoices are required to be issued pursuant to points (2) and (3) of Article 220(1) or where the taxable supply of goods or services is carried out by a taxable person who is not established in the Member State in which the VAT is due or whose establishment in that Member State does not intervene in the supply within the meaning of Article 192a and the person liable for the payment of VAT is the person to whom the goods or services are supplied.

Consolidated version on EUR-Lex (CELEX 02006L0112-20250414). © European Union. Only the Official Journal is authentic.

Case law on Article 238: 15 cases

Judgments, orders and Advocate General opinions of the Court of Justice and the General Court that cite Article 238 of Directive 2006/112/EC, most recent first.

  1. C-794/23 Finanzamt Österreich (VAT invoiced in error to final consumers II) Judgment · 1 August 2025 · Austria
  2. C-289/22 A.T.S. 2003 Order · 9 January 2023 · Hungary
  3. C-378/21 Finanzamt Österreich (VAT invoiced incorrectly to final consumers) Opinion · 8 September 2022 · Austria
  4. C-188/21 Megatherm-Csillaghegy Order · 3 June 2022 · Hungary
  5. C-235/21 Raiffeisen Leasing Opinion · 12 May 2022 · Slovenia
  6. C-154/20 Kemwater ProChemie Judgment · 9 December 2021 · Czechia
  7. C-281/20 Ferimet Judgment · 11 November 2021 · Spain
  8. C-80/20 Wilo Salmson France Judgment · 21 October 2021 · Romania
  9. C-610/19 Vikingo Fővállalkozó Order · 3 September 2020 · Hungary
  10. C-69/17 Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy România Judgment · 12 September 2018 · Romania
  11. C-8/17 Biosafe - Indústria de Reciclagens Judgment · 12 April 2018 · Portugal
  12. C-533/16 Volkswagen Judgment · 21 March 2018 · Slovakia
  13. C-374/16 Geissel Judgment · 15 November 2017 · Germany
  14. C-101/16 Paper Consult Judgment · 19 October 2017 · Romania
  15. C-274/15 Commission v Luxembourg Opinion · 6 October 2016 · Luxembourg