40According to settled case-law, although direct taxation falls within their competence, Member States must none the less exercise that competence consistently with Community law (Case C-311/97 Royal Bank of Scotland [1999] ECR I-2651, paragraph 19; Case C-319/02 Manninen [2004] ECR I-7477, paragraph 19; and Case C-446/03 Marks & Spencer [2005] ECR I-10837, paragraph 29).
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