By decision of 21 January 2016, Cluj Court of Appeal referred a request for a preliminary ruling to the Court of Justice of the European Union under Article 267 TFEU, asking, in essence, whether the provisions of Directive 2006/112/EC (the VAT Directive) must be interpreted as precluding the tax authority from refusing a taxable person the right to deduct the VAT owned or paid in relation to a supply of goods, solely on the ground that t...