I. – The place of an intra-Community acquisition of tangible movable property is deemed to be in France if the goods are in France at the time of arrival of the shipment or transport to the purchaser.
II. – The place of acquisition is deemed to be in France if the purchaser has given the vendor his French value added tax identification number and if he does not establish that the acquisition was subject to value added tax in the Member State of destination of the goods.
However, if the acquisition is subsequently subject to tax in the Member State in which the goods dispatched or transported arrived, the taxable amount in France is reduced by the amount of the taxable amount retained in that State (1).
(1) Provisions in force on 1 January 1993, art. 121 of the law.