Title XI: Obligations of taxable persons and certain non-taxable persons

Chapter 3: Invoicing

Section 3: Issue of invoices

Article 219a [1]

1. Invoicing shall be subject to the rules applying in the Member State in which the supply of goods or services is deemed to be made, in accordance with the provisions of Title V.

2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, invoicing shall be subject to the following rules:

1. the rules applying in the Member State in which the supplier has established his business or has a fixed establishment from which the supply is made or, in the absence of such place of establishment or fixed establishment, the Member State where the supplier has his permanent address or usually resides, where:

   1. the supplier is not established in the Member State in which the supply of goods or services is deemed to be made, in accordance with the provisions of Title V, or his establishment in that Member State does not intervene in the supply within the meaning of point (b) of Article 192a, and the person liable for the payment of the VAT is the person to whom the goods or services are supplied unless the customer issues the invoice (self-billing);

   2. the supply of goods or services is deemed not to be made within the Community, in accordance with the provisions of Title V;

2. the rules applying in the Member State where the supplier making use of one of the special schemes referred to in Chapter 6 of Title XII is identified.

3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall apply without prejudice to Articles 244 to 248.