25For those reasons, whilst it is common ground that the Sixth Directive may provide for exemptions which depart from the principles referred to in the foregoing paragraph, the Court considers that such exemptions must be interpreted strictly (see, to that effect, SDC, paragraph 20, Case C-216/97 Gregg [1999] ECR I-4947, paragraph 12, and Kügler, paragraph 28).
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