Judgment_paragraph 35 · „ALTI“ OOD v Direktor na Direktsia „Obzhalvane i danachno-osiguritelna praktika“ Plovdiv pri Tsentralno upravlenie na Natsionalnata agentsia za prihodite (C-4/20)

35In that context, it should be recalled that preventing possible tax evasion, avoidance and abuse is an objective recognised and encouraged by EU legislation on the common system of VAT and that the effect of the principle that the abuse of rights is prohibited is to bar wholly artificial arrangements which do not reflect economic reality and are set up with the sole aim of obtaining a tax advantage (see, to that effect, judgment of 20 June 2013, Newey, C‑653/11, EU:C:2013:409, paragraph 46).