35Therefore, the provisions of the Thirteenth Directive and, in particular, Article 2(1) thereof, must be considered as a lex specialis as compared with Articles 170 and 171 of the VAT Directive, preventing the right to a refund, set out in general terms in Article 170, from overriding the clear and precise wording of Article 2(1) of the Thirteenth Directive.
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