The financing operations under these facilities shall take the form of spot sales and purchases of participating currencies giving rise to corresponding claims and liabilities, denominated in the creditor's currency, between the ECB and the participating non-euro area NCBs.

The financing operations under these facilities shall take the form of spot sales and purchases of participating currencies giving rise to corresponding claims and liabilities, denominated in the creditor's currency, between the ECB and the participating non-euro area NCBs.

However, in order to limit the main dangers of distortion of competition arising from differences in VAT rates during the transitional period, the rate applied would be that of the country of destination for: - 2 - - purchases of new private vehicles (cars and motorcycles), which would be taxed in the country of registration; - purchases made from companies specializing in mail-order sales, which would be taxed in the country of destination (b) For transactions between taxable persons (generally firms), the transitional arrangements would take the following form: - delivery of goods to another Community country would be exempt from VAT; ...[+++] - purchase of goods in the country of destination would be subject to VAT and the tax would be payable by the purchaser.

The concepts of importation and exportation in intra-Community trade would thus no longer exist and the crossing of a frontier would cease to be the event giving rise to a tax obligation: - 5 - (a) For individuals, this would mean freedom to purchase goods in the Member State of their choice (with those goods being taxed according to the conditions applicable in that Member State) and to use them without restriction in their Member State of residence; as a re ...[+++]sult, travellers' allowances would have to be scrapped (cf. point III). However, in order to limit during the transitional period the main risks of distortion of competition arising from the differences in VAT rates, the rate applied would be that of the country of destination for: - purchases of new private vehicles (cars and motorcycles), which would be taxed in the country of registration; - purchases from companies specializing in mail-order sales, which would be taxed in the country of destination; (b) For transactions between taxable persons (generally speaking, firms), the transitional arrangements would take the following form: - delivery of goods to another Community country would be exempt from VAT; - purchase of goods in the country of destination would be subject to VAT and the tax would be payable by the purchaser.

Finally, subject to a number of conditions, zero-rating could be retained for a very small number of products by those Member States which so desired (1) COM(89)260 In order to prevent distortions arising from the maintenance of rate differences between Member States, special arrangements would be made for a number of transactions: mail-order sales; sales of cars; purchases of public institutions, banks and insurance companies; and transactions of enterprises linked within the same group and established in different Member States.

FINANCING OF LOW-COST HOUSING FOR PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THE ECSC INDUSTRIES The Council gave its assent under the second paragraph of Article 54 of the ECSC Treaty to the granting of loans within the framework of the twelfth programme of low-cost housing for persons employed in the ECSC industries (Financial year 1993 - ECU 19 million and financial year 1994 - ECU 17 million). ---------------- ANNEX PROVISIONS ON MONITORING Commission's information requirements (a) Capacity reductions - date (or expected date) of cessation of production - date (or expected date) of dismantling (1) of the installation concerned - where installation is sold, ...[+++] date (or expected date) of sale, identity and country of purchaser - sale price (b) Investments - details of investments realised - date of completion - the costs of the investment, the sources of finance and the sum of any related aid involved - the date of aid payment (1) As defined in Commission Decision No 3010/91/ECSC - OJ L 286, 16.10.1991, p. 20 (c) Workforce reductions - number and timing of job losses - the total costs - a breakdown of how the costs are being financed (d) Production and market effects - monthly production of crude steel and finished products per category - products sold, including volumes, prices and markets (e) Financial performance - evolution of selected key financial ratios to ensure progress is being made towards viability (the financial results and ratios must be provided in a way allowing comparisons to the company's financial restructuring plan) - level of financial charges - details and timing of aids received and costs covered - terms and conditions of any new loans (irrespective of source) (f) Privatisation - selling price and treatment of existing liabilities - disposal of proceeds of sale - date of sale - financial position of company at time of sale (g) Creation of new company or of new facilities corresponding to an extension of capacities - identity of each private and public sector particip ...