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Article 249 Directive 2006/112/EC

Right of access to invoices stored by electronic means in another Member State

Title XI · Obligations of taxable persons and certain non-taxable persons › Chapter 4 · Accounting › Section 4 · Right of access to invoices stored by electronic means in another Member State

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Text of Article 249

For control purposes, where a taxable person stores, by electronic means guaranteeing online access to the data concerned, invoices which he issues or receives, the competent authorities of the Member State in which he is established and, where the VAT is due in another Member State, the competent authorities of that Member State, shall have the right to access, download and use those invoices.

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Case law on Article 249: 1 case

Judgments, orders and Advocate General opinions of the Court of Justice and the General Court that cite Article 249 of Directive 2006/112/EC, most recent first.

  1. C-80/11 Mahagében and Dávid Judgment · 21 June 2012 · Hungary