• circular economy,  energie rinnovabili

    European Court of Justice, VAT and device for charging electric vehicles

    The Tenth Chamber of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) with its judgement of 20 April 2023 in case C-282 declared that the supply of the devices for recharging electric vehicles and its connected services, from a VAT standpoint, constitute a supply of goods. In particular, the “….Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax, as amended by Council Directive 2009/162/EU of 22 December 2009, must be interpreted as meaning that a single complex supply which encompasses: –  access to recharging devices for electric vehicles (including integration of the charger with the vehicle operating system); – the supply of electricity, within duly adjusted…