68As regards a penalty consisting of an absolute refusal of the right to deduct, it must be pointed out that the common system of VAT, as is apparent from paragraph 43 of this judgment, seeks to ensure complete neutrality of taxation of all economic activities, which presupposes that a taxable person may deduct the VAT paid or payable in the course of all his economic activities pursuant to Article 167 of the VAT Directive.
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