Value added tax is levied at the reduced rate of 5.5% in respect of:
A. – Supplies relating to:
1° Foodstuffs intended for human consumption, products normally intended to be used in the preparation of such foodstuffs and products normally used to supplement or replace such foodstuffs, with the exception of the following products to which the rate provided for in article 278 :
a) Confectionery products;
b) Chocolate and all compound products containing chocolate or cocoa. However chocolate, household milk chocolate, chocolate bonbons, cocoa beans and cocoa butter are admitted at the reduced rate of 5.5%;
c) Margarines and vegetable fats;
d) Caviar;
e) Alcoholic beverages;
1°-00 bis Foodstuffs intended for consumption by animals producing foodstuffs themselves intended for human consumption, products normally intended to be used in the preparation of these foodstuffs and products normally used to supplement or replace these foodstuffs;
1°-0a Products of agricultural, fisheries, fish farming or poultry farming origin where they are of a type normally intended for use in agricultural production;
1°a Female sanitary protection products;
2° The following appliances, equipment and materials:
a) Appliances for the disabled mentioned in Chapters I and III to VII of Title II and Title IV of the list of reimbursable products and services provided for in the article L. 165-1 of the French Social Security Code;
b) Equipment for the disabled mentioned in Title III of the aforementioned list or covered under the hospitalisation benefits defined in articles L. 162-22-6 and L. 162-22-7 of the same code, the list of which is set by joint order of the ministers responsible for health and the budget;
c) Special equipment, known as technical aids and other appliances, the list of which is set by order of the minister responsible for the budget and which are designed exclusively for disabled people to compensate for serious disabilities;
d) Lancing devices, devices for the automatic quantified reading of blood sugar levels, insulin syringes, insulin injection pens and strips and tablets for the self-monitoring of diabetes;
e) Collection devices for digestive or urinary incontinents and ostomates, irrigation devices for colostomates, cutaneous ureterostomy catheters for urinary ostomates, bladder irrigation solutions and bladder catheters for urinary incontinents ;
f) Lifts and similar equipment, specially designed for disabled people and whose characteristics are set by order of the minister responsible for the economy and finance;
g) Appliances, materials and equipment for disabled people benefiting from the fixed-rate cover provided for in article L. 165-1-1 of the Social Security Code for innovative products or benefiting from the transitional coverage provided for in Article L. 165-1-5 of the same code;
For the appliances, equipment and materials mentioned in c and f of this 2°, value added tax at the reduced rate of 5.5% also applies to transactions defined in Article 1709 of the Civil Code;
3° Books, including their rental. This 3° applies to books on any type of physical medium and to those supplied by download, including audio books;
B. – Subscriptions relating to the supply of electricity with a maximum power rating less than or equal to 36 kilovoltamperes, heat energy and combustible natural gas, distributed by networks, as well as the supply of heat when at least 50% of it is produced from biomass, geothermal energy, solar thermal energy, waste and recovered energy;
The maximum power rating taken into account corresponds to all the maximum power ratings subscribed by the same subscriber on the same site;
C. – The provision of accommodation and food in old people’s homes, establishments for disabled people, residential homes mentioned in article L. 633-1 of the Code de la construction et de l’habitation and the establishments mentioned in b of 5° and 8° and 10° of I of Article L. 312-1 of the Code de l’action sociale et des familles. This rate also applies to accommodation and social support services provided in the social hotel residences mentioned in article L. 631-11 of the Code de la construction et de l’habitation undertaking to reserve more than 80% of the accommodation in the residence for persons designated by the State representative in the département or for persons mentioned in II of Article L. 301-1 of the same code, the first paragraph of article L. 345-2 of the code de l’action sociale et des familles or article L. 552-1 of the Code de l’entrée et du séjour des étrangers et du droit d’asile, as well as services exclusively linked, on the one hand, to the state of dependency of elderly people and, on the other hand, to the assistance needs of disabled people, accommodated in these establishments and who are unable to perform the essential acts of daily life;
D. – The provision of services exclusively related to the essential acts of daily life for disabled people and dependent elderly people who are unable to perform them, provided by associations, companies or bodies declared pursuant to article L. 7232-1-1 of the Labour Code, the list of which is set by decree, on an exclusive basis or on a non-exclusive basis for those benefiting from a derogation from the condition of exclusive activity according to article L. 7232-1-2 of the same code;
E. – The supply of meals by service providers in public or private primary and secondary educational establishments;
F. – 1° The following shows: theatres, songwriters’ theatres, circuses, concerts; variety shows with the exception of those given in establishments where it is customary to consume during the sessions. This exception does not apply to establishments affiliated to the Centre national de la musique;
2° The price of an admission ticket giving access to original performances of musical works requiring the physical presence of at least one performing artist receiving remuneration in establishments where drinks are optionally served during the performance and whose operator holds a licence in the category mentioned in 1° of article D. 7122-1 of the Labour Code;
G. – Entrance fees to cinematographic theatres, regardless of the process of fixation or transmission and the nature of the medium of the audiovisual works or documents that are shown;
H. – Transfers of economic rights relating to cinematographic works shown during film screenings mentioned in Article L. 214-1 of the Code du cinéma et de l’image animée or as part of film festivals;
I. – 1° Imports of works of art, collectors’ items or antiques, as well as on intra-Community acquisitions, made by a taxable person or a non-taxable legal entity, of works of art, collectors’ items or antiques that they have imported into the territory of another Member State of the European Union ;
2° Intra-Community acquisitions of works of art which have been the subject of a supply in another Member State by taxable persons other than reselling taxable persons;
3° Supplies of works of art made by their author or his successors in title;
J. – Entrance fees charged by organisers of sporting events;
K. – Self-tests for the detection of infection by human immunodeficiency viruses;
K bis.- Masks and protective clothing suitable for combating the spread of the covid-19 virus, the list and technical characteristics of which are set by joint order of the ministers responsible for health and the budget;
K ter.-.Products intended for personal hygiene and suitable for combating the spread of the covid-19 virus, the characteristics of which are set by joint order of the ministers responsible for the budget and the environment;
L. – Entrance fees for visits to a zoological park meeting the conditions laid down by order of the competent ministers;
M. – Separate collection, collection at waste collection centres, sorting and material recovery services for household waste and other waste that the local authorities mentioned in Article L. 2224-13 of the General Local Authorities Code may, in view of their characteristics and the quantities produced, collect and treat without any particular technical difficulties, as well as the services that contribute to the smooth running of these operations;
N.-.Services for the laying, installation and maintenance of charging infrastructures for electric vehicles that meet the following conditions:
1° The recharging infrastructures are installed in residential premises and are intended for residents;
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2° The configuration of the charging infrastructure meets the technical requirements laid down by joint order of the ministers responsible for the budget and energy;
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3° The services are provided by a person meeting the qualification criteria defined by the order mentioned in 2° of this N.