26However, it is apparent from settled case-law that the measures which the Member States may adopt under Article 22(8) of the Sixth Directive in order to ensure the correct levying and collection of the tax and for the prevention of fraud must not go further than is necessary to attain such objectives (see Joined Cases C-110/98 to C-147/98 Gabalfrisa and Others [2000] ECR I-1577, paragraph 52, and the order of 3 March 2004 in Case C-395/02 Transport Service [2004] ECR I-1991, paragraph 29). Those measures may not therefore be used in such a way as to have the effect of undermining the neutrality of VAT, which is a fundamental principle of the common system of VAT established by the relevant Community legislation (see Case C-454/98 Schmeink & Cofreth and Strobel [2000] ECR I-6973, paragraph 59, and Case C-255/02 Halifax and Others [2006] ECR I-1609, paragraph 92).
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