22Taking into account the two facts that, firstly, it follows from Article 2(1) of the Sixth Directive that every transaction must normally be regarded as distinct and independent and, secondly, a transaction which comprises a single supply from an economic point of view should not be artificially split, so as not to distort the functioning of the VAT system, the essential features of the transaction must in the first place be ascertained in order to determine whether the taxable person is making to the customer several distinct principal supplies or a single supply (see, to that effect, CPP, paragraph 29, and Levob Verzekeringen and OV Bank, paragraph 20).
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