Increasing liberalisation of the gas and electricity sector, aimed at completing the internal market for electricity and natural gas, has revealed a need to review the current VAT rules on the place of supply of those goods, set out in the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes - Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment(4), in order to modernise and simplify the operation of the VAT system within the context of the internal market, a strategy to which the Commission is committed.
Vse večja liberalizacija sektorja plina in električne energije, katere cilj je vzpostavitev notranjega trga za električno energijo in zemeljski plin, je pokazala, da je treba pregledati veljavna pravila o DDV glede kraja dobave tega blaga, določena v Šesti Direktivi Sveta 77/388/EGS z dne 17. maja 1977 o usklajevanju zakonodaje držav članic o prometnih davkih - Skupni sistem davka na dodano vrednost: enotna osnova za odmero [4], da se posodobi in poenostavi delovanje sistema DDV v okviru konteksta notranjega trga, kar je strategija, ki ji je Komisija zavezana.