France: VAT reduction on protective clothing equipment until 31 December 2021 (COVID-19)

Announcement

26 Jul 2020

In July 2020, the French government adopted a Decree that reduces the VAT for protective clothing equipment necessary to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Number of interventions

0 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

1 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

24 Mar 2020

Revocation date:

31 Dec 2021

Announced: 26 Jul 2020

Internal taxation of imports

On 26 July 2020, the French government adopted a Decree that reduced from 20% to 5.5% the VAT rate for protective clothing equipment needed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The Decree applies to deliv...

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