For the purposes of this Directive ‘private pleasure-flying’ shall mean the use of an aircraft by its owner or the natural or legal person who enjoys its use either through hire or through any other means, for other than commercial purposes and in particular other than for the carriage of passengers or goods or for the supply of services for consideration or for the purposes of public authorities.

Action should be taken to ensure, in particular, that such services where effected for consideration and consumed by customers established in the Community are taxed in the Community and are not taxed if consumed outside the Community.

So far as concerns the interpretation of 'accommodation', it should be observed that, even if, traditionally, it is hotels, hostels or similar establishments which provide such a service for consideration, the fact that the stay is at such an establishment providing such service for consideration does not constitute an essential element of the definition of accommodation for the purposes of the Directive.

By its first question, the High Court of Justice is asking essentially whether transactions between parties for the purchase by one party of an agreed amount in one currency against the sale by it to the other party of an agreed amount in another currency, both such amounts being deliverable on the same value date, and in respect of which transactions the parties have agreed (whether orally, electronically or in writing) the currencies involved, the amounts of such currencies to be purchased and sold, which party will purchase which currency and the value date, constitute supplies of goods or services effected for consideration within th ...[+++]e meaning of Article 2(1) of the Sixth Directive.

The Court ruled: '1. Transactions between parties for the purchase by one party of an agreed amount in one currency against the sale by it to the other party of an agreed amount in another currency, both such amounts being deliverable on the same value date, and in respect of which transactions the parties have agreed (whether orally, electronically or in writing) the currencies involved, the amounts of such currencies to be purchased and sold, which party will purchase which currency and the value date, constitute supplies of services effected for consideration within the meaning of Article 2(1) of the Sixth Council Directive (77/388/E ...[+++]EC) of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes · Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment.

These proposals, which will have to take account of the need to modernize the existing provisions, will relate to: . determination of the physical scope of the tax, including the precise definition of taxable transactions (uniform definition of the supply of goods, the concept of the supply of services, the fact that the supplies are made for consideration, etc.); the precise determination of the territorial scope of the tax will be looked into in phase three; . definition of the concept of the taxable person for VAT purposes (which involves reviewing the VAT status of public bodies, the consequences of treatment as a non-taxable person, etc.); . determination of the taxable amount for taxable transactions; . exemptions: maintenance or ...[+++]abolition and, in any event, harmonization of exemptions, consequences for the right to deduct, etc.; . the right to deduct: conditions giving rise to and governing exercise of the right to deduct, procedures, harmonization of the non-deductibility of certain items of expenditure, deductible proportion (general proportion, actual application), i.e. the ratio of deductible transactions to non-deductible transactions (because exempt or outside the scope of the tax).