27At the same time, the prevention of tax evasion, tax avoidance and abuse is an objective recognised and encouraged by the VAT Directive and the Court has consistently held that EU law cannot be relied on for abusive or fraudulent ends. It is therefore for the national courts and authorities to refuse the right of deduction if it is shown, in the light of objective evidence, that that right is being relied on for fraudulent or abusive ends (judgment of 10 July 2019, Kuršu zeme, C‑273/18, EU:C:2019:588, paragraph 34 and the case-law cited).
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