29It follows from Article 2(1) of Directive 2006/112, which defines the scope of VAT, that, within the territory of a Member State, activities of an economic nature alone are subject to that tax. Pursuant to Article 9 of that directive, a taxable person is understood to mean any person who independently carries out in any place any economic activity, whatever the purpose or result of that activity. Furthermore, it is clear from Article 9 that the concept of economic activity encompasses any activity of producers, traders or persons supplying services and, more particularly, the exploitation of tangible or intangible property for the purposes of obtaining income therefrom on a continuing basis (see, to that effect, judgment of 29 October 2009, SKF, C‑29/08, EU:C:2009:665, paragraph 27).
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