Commission Directive 2008/63/EC of 20 June 2008 on… Article 2

Article 2

Member States which have granted special or exclusive rights to undertakings shall ensure that all exclusive rights are withdrawn, as well as those special rights which: (a) limit to two or more the number of undertakings, otherwise than according to objective, proportional and non-discriminatory criteria; or (b) designate, otherwise than according to the criteria referred to in point (a), several competing undertakings. They shall inform the Commission of the measures taken or draft legislation introduced to that end.

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