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The
Government
argued
that
the
applicant
had
not
provided
any
evidence
of
the
costs
he
had
incurred
.
Moreover
,
they
submitted
that
the
amount
of
lawyer
’s
fees
claimed
by
the
applicant
was
excessive
.
As
regards
value
added
tax
(
VAT
)
,
which
the
applicant
had
added
to
every
amount
of
the
lawyer
’s
fees
claimed
,
the
Government
pointed
out
that
,
according
to
the
Court
’s
case
-
law
(
see
Kurić
and
Others
v.
Slovenia
[
GC
]
,
no
.
26828/06
,
§
127
,
ECHR
2012
(
extracts
)
)
,
the
applicant
was
entitled
to
reimbursement
only
if
he
actually
had
to
pay
the
VAT
,
which
he
had
failed
to
prove
.
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