​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ . The impact will be particularly felt in the pharmaceutical industry, the justification for the draft regulation states, according to the authorities, the budget effect will be minus 290 million lei as a result of this legislative change.

Ruxandra Tarlescu, Adina VisoliPhoto: PwC Romania

According to the rationale, the expected change was taken into account in order to bring local VAT legislation into line with the Community acquis, in the light of the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Case C -717/19 – Boehringer Ingelheim in the pharmaceutical sector. According to current legislation, price discounts are provided in the distribution chain, not provided for in the case of discounts that are not provided directly to the customer.

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The article is signed by Ruxandra Tarlescu, Partner, and Adina Vizoli, Director

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