I.-The operator of a warehouse or logistics platform for the storage of goods intended for delivery within the meaning of 1° of II of Article 256 or a similar operation mentioned in III of the same Article 256 shall make available to the administration information relating, in particular, to the origin, nature, quantity and holding of the goods stored and to the owners of these goods, where the following conditions are met:
1° The goods stored are intended to be the subject of a sale carried out via an electronic matchmaking platform;
2° The goods stored have been imported into France or another Member State of the European Union from a third country or a territory outside the European Union ;
3° The goods stored are the property of a taxable person who has established his place of business outside the European Union or who, in the absence of such a place of business, has his domicile or habitual residence outside the European Union;
4° The goods stored have not been the subject of a supply within the meaning of 1° of II of Article 256 or of a similar transaction mentioned in III of the same Article 256 since their introduction into France.
II.-For the application of the provisions of I of this article, a company is considered to be a platform, regardless of its place of establishment, which puts people in contact at a distance, by electronic means, with a view to the sale of a good, the provision of a service or the exchange or sharing of a good or service.
III.-The information made available to the administration mentioned in the first paragraph of I is set by order of the minister responsible for the budget.
This information is kept until 31 December of the sixth year following the year during which the import operation took place.
IV.-The operator is required to make every effort to ascertain the identity of the owners of the goods mentioned in the first paragraph of I. He shall inform these owners of their value added tax obligations in France by all available means.
>