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Article 334 Directive 2006/112/EC

Special arrangements for sales by public auction

Title XII · Special schemes › Chapter 4 · Special arrangements for second-hand goods, works of art, collectors' items and antiques › Section 3 · Special arrangements for sales by public auction

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Text of Article 334

These special arrangements shall apply to supplies carried out by an organiser of a sale by public auction, acting in his own name, on behalf of one of the following persons:

(a)a non-taxable person;

(b)another taxable person, in so far as the supply of goods, carried out by that taxable person in accordance with a contract under which commission is payable on a sale, is exempt pursuant to Article 136;

(c)another taxable person, in so far as the supply of goods, carried out by that taxable person in accordance with a contract under which commission is payable on a sale, is covered by the exemption for small enterprises provided for in Article 284 and involves capital goods;

(d)a taxable dealer, in so far as the supply of goods, carried out by that taxable dealer in accordance with a contract under which commission is payable on a sale, is subject to VAT in accordance with the margin scheme.

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