
Article 1 
By way of derogation from Article 168 of Directive 2006/112/EC, Italy is hereby authorised to limit to 40 % the right to deduct the VAT charged on expenditure on motorised road vehicles not wholly used for business purposes.
Article 2 
By way of derogation from Article 26(1)(a) of Directive 2006/112/EC, Italy is also required not to treat as supplies of services for consideration the use for private purposes of vehicles included in the assets of a taxable person's business, where that vehicle has been subject to a restriction of the right to deduct under this Decision.
Article 3 
Expenditure relating to vehicles is excluded from the restriction on the right to deduct as authorised by this Decision where the vehicle falls into any of the following categories:

— the vehicle forms part of the taxable person's stock-in-trade in the exercise of his activity,
— the vehicle is used as a taxi,
— the vehicle is used for instruction by a driving school,
— the vehicle is used for hire or leasing,
— the vehicle is used by sales representatives.
Article 4 
The related expenditure shall cover the purchase of a vehicle, including contracts of assembly and the like, manufacture, intra-Community acquisition, importation, leasing or hire, modification, repair or maintenance, and expenditure on supplies or services performed in relation to vehicles and their use, including lubricants and fuel.
Article 5 
Articles 1 and 2 shall apply to all motorised vehicles, other than agricultural or forestry tractors, which are normally used for carrying persons or goods by road with a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 3 500 kilograms and having not more than eight seats in addition to the driver's seat.
Article 6 
An assessment covering the first two years of the application of this Decision, including a review of the percentage restriction applied, shall be submitted to the Commission after the second anniversary of this Decision, and in any case by 31 December 2009.
Article 7 
This Decision shall expire on the date of entry into force of the Community rules determining the expenditure relating to motorised road vehicles that is not eligible for a full deduction of value added tax, but on 31 December 2010 at the latest.
Article 8 
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
Done at Luxembourg, 18 June 2007.
For the Council
The President
F.-W. STEINMEIER