27Article 33 of the Sixth Directive does not, on the other hand, preclude the maintenance or introduction of a tax which does not display one of the essential characteristics of VAT (Case C-130/96 Solisnor-Estaleiros Navais [1997] ECR I-5053, paragraphs 19 and 20, and GIL Insurance and Others, paragraph 34).
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