However, as Article 61(1) focuses on the effect of, and not the formality behind, the national legal system, it also covers situations where a tax relief is brought about indirectly by reference to a particular legal notion (in casu‘name change’) the result of which is that no tax should be paid.

These obstacles can only be eliminated by establishing uniform rules at Community level which establish a high level of consumer protection and by clarifying certain legal concepts at Community level to the extent necessary for the proper functioning of the internal market and to meet the requirement of legal certainty.

These obstacles can only be eliminated by establishing uniform rules at Community level which establish a high level of consumer protection and by clarifying certain legal concepts at Community level to the extent necessary for the proper functioning of the internal market and to meet the requirement of legal certainty.

This is why legal concepts cannot always be compared.

This modification is considered necessary with a view to ensuring consistency with the EU acquis , namely with the Qualification Directive which introduced the legal notion of subsidiary protection.

(2) Whereas such differences in the legal protection of databases offered by the legislation of the Member States have direct negative effects on the functioning of the internal market as regards databases and in particular on the freedom of natural and legal persons to provide on-line database goods and services on the basis of harmonized legal arrangements throughout the Community; whereas such differences could well become more pronounced as Member States introduce new legislation in this field, which is now taking on an increasingly international dimension;