I.-The provisions of this article shall apply, regardless of their place of establishment, to undertakings which, in their capacity as online platform operators, bring persons into contact with each other at a distance, by electronic means, with a view to the sale of a good, the supply of a service or the exchange or sharing of a good or service.
II.-.Where there are grounds for presuming that a taxable person, regardless of his place of establishment, domicile or habitual residence, who makes or provides to or for the benefit of non-taxable persons, via an online platform, supplies of goods or services whose place of taxation is located in France pursuant to Articles 258 to 259 D of this code, is evading his obligations in terms of the declaration or payment of value added tax, the administration may report this taxable person to the operator of the online platform, so that the latter can take measures to enable this taxable person to regularise his situation.
The online platform operator shall notify the administration of the measures taken under this II.
III.-If the presumptions persist after a period of one month from the notification provided for in the second paragraph of II or, in the absence of such notification, from the alert provided for in the first paragraph of the same II, the administration may give formal notice to the online platform operator to take additional measures or, failing that, to exclude the taxable person concerned from the online platform.
The online platform operator shall notify the administration of the measures taken under this III.
IV.-In the absence of implementation of the measures or exclusion referred to in III after a period of one month from the notification provided for in the second paragraph of III or, in the absence of such notification, from the formal notice provided for in the first paragraph of the same III, the tax for which the taxable person referred to in II is liable is jointly and severally owed by the online platform operator.
V.-The terms and conditions for the application of this article are defined by order of the minister responsible for the budget.