1. The following are exempt from value added tax:
a. The supply, intra-Community acquisition and importation of investment gold, including where the investment gold is traded on gold accounts or in the form of certificates or contracts which give the purchaser a right of ownership or claim over that gold;
b. Services provided by taxable persons acting in the name and on behalf of others in the transactions referred to in a.
2. Investment gold is:
a. Gold in the form of a bar, ingot or wafer weighing more than one gram and of a purity equal to or greater than 995 thousandths, whether or not represented by securities;
b. Coins of a purity equal to or greater than 900 thousandths which were minted after 1800, are or have been legal tender in their country of origin and whose selling price does not exceed by more than 80% the value of the gold they contain.