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Alert <str<strong>on</strong>g>Tax</str<strong>on</strong>g> November 2007<br />

• Do suppliers and customers need to be <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>formed?<br />

• Is it required to adjust c<strong>on</strong>tracts with suppliers and/or customers, and should o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r acti<strong>on</strong>s<br />

be <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>itiated?<br />

• How can compliance with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> new regulati<strong>on</strong>s be ensured?<br />

• Does <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Packag<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Tax</str<strong>on</strong>g> need to be specified <strong>on</strong> sales <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>voices?<br />

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This GT Alert, written by Erik de Bie <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Amsterdam office, provides basic <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>sight <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

upcom<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>Packag<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Tax</str<strong>on</strong>g> regime. If you would like additi<strong>on</strong>al <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>formati<strong>on</strong> or if you have<br />

questi<strong>on</strong>s, please c<strong>on</strong>tact Mr. de Bie (+31 20 30 17 315; debiee@eu.gtlaw.com) or your GT<br />

attorney.<br />

Notes:<br />

1 Please note that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> packag<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g that is removed after import but before <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> supply should also be taken <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>to account.<br />

2 The tariffs may still change. There is also still <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> possibility that additi<strong>on</strong>al exempti<strong>on</strong>s and excepti<strong>on</strong>s will be<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>cluded.<br />

3 More precisely, whe<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r or not <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Packag<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Tax</str<strong>on</strong>g> was already paid by <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> supply<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g company.<br />

4 Most likely <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> European Court of Justice.<br />

This Greenberg Traurig Alert is issued for <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>formati<strong>on</strong>al purposes <strong>on</strong>ly and is not <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>tended to be c<strong>on</strong>strued or used as<br />

general legal advice. The hir<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g of a lawyer is an important decisi<strong>on</strong>. Before you decide, ask for written <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>formati<strong>on</strong><br />

about <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> lawyer’s legal qualificati<strong>on</strong>s and experience. Greenberg Traurig is a trade name of Greenberg Traurig, LLP<br />

and Greenberg Traurig, P.A. ©2007 Greenberg Traurig, LLP. All rights reserved.<br />

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GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP | ATTORNEYS AT LAW | WWW.GTLAW.COM

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