©7.6.89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 155/9 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC, EURATOM) No 1553/89 ' of 29 May 1989 on the definitive uniform arrangements for the collection of own resources accruing from value added tax : i THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,. "Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic- Community, and in particular Article 209 : thereof, .Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 183 thereof, Having regard to Council Decision (EEC, Euratom) 88/376 of 24 June 1988 on the Communities’ own resources ('), and in particular Article 8 (2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3), Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Auditors (4), Whereas by virtue of Article 14 thereof, Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2892/77 of 19 December 1977 implementing in respect of own resources accruing from value added tax the Decision of 21 April 1970 on the replacement of financial contributions from Member States by the Communities’ own resources (%) as last amended by Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 3735/8S5 (¢),.applies for a transitional period ending on 31 December 1988; Whereas the provisions relating to the definitive uniform arrangements for collecting resources from value added tax, hereinafter referred to as ‘VAT resources” and the detailed rules for giving effect to these arrangements are to apply from 1 January 1989; Whereas the revenue method should be chosen as the sole . definitive method for determining the VAT resources base since this method is reliable and already applied by most Member States; Whereas the provisions of Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2892/77 may be retained unless they are-no longer necessary or need to be amended in the light of experience acquired; Whereas the experience acquired in implementing the procedures for correcting the statements has shown the need (*) O No L 185,15.7.1988, p. 24. (3) OJNo € 128,17. 5. 1988, p. 4 and O No C 15, 19. 1. 1989, p. 11. (*) O] No C 309, 5.12. 1988, p. 30. (*) OJ No C 191, 20.7. 1988, p. 3. {’) OJ No L 336, 27. 2. 1977, p. 8. (5) OJ No L 356, 31.12.1985,p. 1. to clarify the scope thereof, stipulating that it is generally applicable to all corrections; Whereas Member States must provide the Commission with information concerning the procedures which they apply for registering taxable persons and determining and collecting VAT and on the modalities and results-of their VAT control systems; whereas the Commission should consider, together with the Member State concerned, whether improvements to - these procedures can be contemplated with a view to improving - their- effectiveness; whereas the Commission should produce a report every three years on the procedures - applied in the Member States and on any improvements contemplated; Considering the powers of the Court of Auditors pursuant to Article 206a of the EEC Treaty and Article 180a of the EAEC Treaty, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: TITLE I General provisions Article 1 VAT resources shall be calculated by applying the uniform rate; set in accordance with Decision- 88/376/EEC, Euratom, to the base determined in accordance with this Regulation. TITLE I Scope Article-2 1.  The VAT resources base shall be determined from the taxable transactions: referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive- 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover -taxes — Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment (?) as last amended by Decision - 84/386/EEC (8), with the exception of transactions exempted under Articles 13 to 16 of that Directive. (") O] No L 145, 13. 6. 1977, p. 1. (*) OJ No L 208, 3. 9. 1984, p. 58.