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Council Directive 2009/47/EC of 5 May 2009 amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards reduced rates of value added tax
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Directive 2006/112/EC is hereby amended as follows:
the following Article shall be inserted:
Cyprus may apply one of the two reduced rates provided for in Article 98 to the supply of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) in cylinders.’;
Article 105 shall be replaced by the following:
1.Portugal may apply one of the two reduced rates provided for in Article 98 to the tolls on bridges in the Lisbon area.
2.Portugal may, in the case of transactions carried out in the autonomous regions of the Azores and Madeira and of direct importation into those regions, apply rates lower than those applying on the mainland.’;
Chapter 3 of Title VIII shall be deleted;
the following point shall be added to Article 111 with effect from 1 January 2011:
by Malta in respect of the supply of foodstuffs for human consumption and pharmaceuticals.’;
in Article 114(1), the second subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:
‘The Member States referred to in the first subparagraph may also apply such a rate to children’s clothing and children’s footwear and housing.’;
Article 115 shall be replaced by the following:
Member States which, at 1 January 1991, were applying a reduced rate to children’s clothing, children’s footwear or housing may continue to apply such a rate to the supply of those goods or services.’;
Article 116 shall be deleted;
in Article 117, paragraph 1 shall be deleted;
in Article 125, paragraph 2 shall be deleted;
Article 127 shall be deleted with effect from 1 January 2011;
in Article 128, paragraph 2 shall be deleted;
in Article 129, paragraph 1 shall be deleted;
Annex III shall be amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive;
Annex IV shall be deleted.
Member States shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
When they are adopted by Member States, those measures shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
This Directive shall enter into force on the first day of the first month following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 5 May 2009.
For the Council
The President
M. Kalousek
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