27In this respect, in order to prevent circumstances arising which could compromise the proper functioning of the common system of VAT, the European Union legislature provided in Article 44 of Directive 2006/112 that, where the service was provided to an establishment which can be characterised as a fixed establishment of the taxable person, the place of supply of the services must be considered to be the place where that fixed establishment is located.
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