41The reply to the questions submitted by the national VAT tribunal must therefore be that the concept of economic activities, within the meaning of Article 4(2) of the Directive, is to be interpreted as not including an activity, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, consisting in the purchase and sale of shares and other securities by a trustee in the course of the management of the assets of a charitable trust.
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