Member States may have made significant investments to put in place or develop electronic systems or separate paper-based certificates for the application of the exemption to eligible bodies or individuals for domestic transactions. In order to ensure the necessary adaptation of national solutions to the use of the common electronic certificate and the system developed for its processing, Member States should be allowed to continue to use their national solutions until the end of the transition period.
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