70First, the fact that the Federal Republic of Germany allows the deduction of pension and health insurance contributions, such as those at issue in the main proceedings, does not undermine the allocation of powers of taxation, as agreed in the Franco-German Convention. By allowing the deduction of those contributions, the Federal Republic of Germany does not surrender part of its tax jurisdiction to other Member States and that does not affect its power to tax activities carried out on its territory.
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