(Art. 24a para. 4 VAT Act)
1 Works of art means the following physical works by creators as referred to in Article 21 paragraph 2 number 16 VAT Act:
- a.
- pictorial works personally created by artists such as oil paintings, water colours, pastels, drawings, collages and the like; exempted therefrom are plans and drawings for architectural, engineering, industrial, commercial, topographical or similar purposes, hand-decorated manufactured articles, theatrical scenery, studio back cloths or the like of painted canvas;
- b.
- original engravings, prints and lithographs, being impressions produced in limited numbers directly in black and white or in colour of one or more plates executed entirely by hand by the artist, irrespective of the process or of the material employed, but not including any mechanical or photomechanical process;
- c.
- serigraphs that display the features of an original individually created artistic work, have been produced in limited numbers and have been executed from reproduction forms completely hand-made by the creator;
- d.
- original sculptures and statuary, in any material, provided that they are executed entirely by the artist; sculpture casts the production of which is in limited numbers and supervised by the artist or his successors in title;
- e.
- tapestries and wall textiles made by hand from original designs provided by artists, provided that the production is in limited numbers;
- f.
- individual pieces of ceramics executed entirely by the artist and signed by him or her;
- g.
- enamels on copper, executed entirely by hand, produced in limited numbers and bearing the signature of the artist or the studio;
- h.
- photographs taken by the artist, printed by him or her or under his or her supervision in limited numbers, signed and numbered;
- i.
- works of art personally created by the artist in limited numbers that are not mentioned in letters a–h.
2 Antiques are moveable goods that are more than 100 years old.
3 Collectors’ items are in particular also:
- a.
- postage stamps, revenue stamps, postmarks first day covers, postal stationery and the like, used, or if unused not current and not intended to be current;
- b.
- zoological, botanical, mineralogical or anatomical collectors’ items and collections; collectors’ items of historic, archaeological, palaeontological, ethnological or numismatic interest;
- c.
- motor vehicles first registered on purchase more than 30 years previously;
- d.
- wines and other alcoholic beverages the vintage of which is displayed and which may be individualised by numbering or by other means;
- e.
- goods made of precious metal, clad with precious metal, gemstones, precious stones and the like, such as jewellery, watches and coins, that have a collector’s value.