Artikel 13, punkt B, litra a), i Rådets sjette direktiv 77/388/EØF af 17. maj 1977 om harmonisering af medlemsstaternes lovgivning om omsætningsafgifter — Det fælles merværdiafgiftssystem: ensartet beregningsgrundlag, skal fortolkes således, at den omstændighed, at en forsikringsmægler eller -formidler ikke har et direkte forhold til parterne i den forsikrings- eller genforsikringsaftale, til hvis indgåelse han bidrager, men udelukkende har et indirekte forhold til parterne via en anden afgiftspligtig person, der har et direkte forhold til en af disse parter, og med hvilken denne forsikringsmægler eller -formidler er aftalemæssigt forbundet, ikke er til hinder for, at den ydelse, som forsikringsmægleren eller -formidleren leverer, fritages for merværdiafgift i henhold til nævnte bestemmelse.
Article 13B(a) of the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC 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 must be interpreted as meaning that the fact that an insurance broker or agent does not have a direct relationship with the parties to the insurance or reinsurance contract in the conclusion of which he has been instrumental, but merely an indirect relationship with them through the intermediary of another taxable person who is, himself, in a direct relationship with one of those parties, and to whom the insurance broker or agent is contractually bound does not prevent the service provided by the latter from being exempt from value added tax under that provision.