55Moreover, in the absence of such an invitation, the tax authority of the Member State concerned would disproportionately breach the principle of VAT neutrality by leaving the taxable person liable to pay the VAT in respect of which he or she is entitled to obtain a refund, whereas the common system of VAT is intended to relieve the operator entirely of the burden of the VAT due or paid in the course of all his or her economic activities.
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