Cyprian makes the obvious point that clothing can not become ruddy if water alone is present
in the wine
vat, and goes on to emphasise the
link between the grapes being trampled upon and the blood of Christ, which could not have been produced unless Christ «had first been trodden upon and pressed.»
Given that the European Union's own resources include, as provided
in Article 2 (1) of Council Decision 2007 / 436 / EC, Euratom of 7 June 2007 on the system of the European Communities» own resources (OJ 2007 L 163, p. 17), revenue from application of a uniform rate to the harmonised
VAT assessment bases determined according to European Union rules, there is thus a direct
link between the collection of
VAT revenue
in compliance with the European Union law applicable and the availability to the European Union budget of the corresponding
VAT resources, since any lacuna
in the collection of the first potentially causes a reduction
in the second» (para. 26).