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Council Directive 2006/138/EC of 19 December 2006 amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the co…

as it stood on 2006-12-19, permalink: /eu-eurlex/32006l0138/2006-12-19

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typeDIR Council Directive 2006/138/EC of 19 December 2006 amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards the period of application of the value added tax arrangements applicable to radio and television broadcasting services and certain electronically supplied services
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