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Article 58 Directive 2006/112/EC

Particular provisions

Title V · Place of taxable transactions › Chapter 3 · Place of supply of services › Section 3 · Particular provisions

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Text of Article 58

1.The place of supply of the following services to a non-taxable person shall be the place where that person is established, has his permanent address or usually resides:

(a)telecommunications services;

(b)radio and television broadcasting services;

(c)electronically supplied services, in particular those referred to in Annex II.

Where the supplier of a service and the customer communicate via electronic mail, that shall not of itself mean that the service supplied is an electronically supplied service.

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

Case law on Article 58: 11 cases

Judgments, orders and Advocate General opinions of the Court of Justice and the General Court that cite Article 58 of Directive 2006/112/EC, most recent first.

  1. C-101/24 Xyrality Opinion · 10 April 2025 · Germany · cites Article 58(1)(c)
  2. C-741/22 Casino de Spa and Others Opinion · 25 April 2024 · Belgium
  3. C-73/23 Chaudfontaine Loisirs Opinion · 25 April 2024
  4. C-68/23 Finanzamt O (Single-purpose vouchers) Judgment · 18 April 2024 · Germany · cites Article 58(1)(c)
  5. C-931/19 Titanium Judgment · 3 June 2021 · Austria
  6. C-593/19 SK Telecom Opinion · 22 October 2020 · Austria
  7. C-568/17 Geelen Opinion · 12 February 2019 · Netherlands
  8. C-390/15 RPO Opinion · 8 September 2016 · Poland · cites Article 58(1)(c)
  9. C-419/14 WebMindLicenses Opinion · 16 September 2015 · Hungary
  10. C-479/13 Commission v France Judgment · 5 March 2015
  11. C-502/13 Commission v Luxembourg Judgment · 5 March 2015

VAT Committee guidelines on Article 58: 19

Not binding. Positions agreed in the VAT Committee set up under Article 398 of Directive 2006/112/EC and published by the Commission.