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Council Directive of 16 December 1991 supplementing the common system of value added tax a…

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1991-12-162009-11-30

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typeDIR Council Directive of 16 December 1991 supplementing the common system of value added tax and amending Directive 77/388/EEC with a view to the abolition of fiscal frontiers (91/680/EEC)
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