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etermine at will which equipment can be connected to the public network and thus gives it an obvious advantage over its competitors which is inimical to the equality of chances of traders without which the existence of an undistorted system of competition cannot be guaranteed such a restriction on competition cannot be regarded as justified by a public service of general economic interest 119 the ecj recommended that the belgian government have an independent body to approve phone specifications 120 because it was wrong to have the state company both making phones and setting standards rtt s market was opened to competition an interesting aspect of the case was that the ecj interpreted the effect of rtt s exclusive power as an abuse of its dominant position 121 so no abusive action as such by rtt needed to take place the issue was further considered in albany international 122 albany was a textile company which found a cheap pension provider for its employees it refused to pay contributions to the textile trade industry fund which the state had given the exclusive right to albany argued that the scheme was contrary to eu competition law the ecj ruled that the scheme infringed then article 86 1 as undertakings are unable to entrust the management of such a pension scheme to a single insurer and the resulting restriction of competition derives directly from the exclusive right conferred on the sectoral pension fund 123 but the scheme was justified under then article 86 2 being a service of general economic interest procurement edit main article government procurement in the european union state aid edit see also state aid european union article 107 tfeu similar to article 101 tfeu lays down a general rule that the state may not aid or subsidise private parties in distortion of free competition but has the power to approve exceptions for specific projects addressing natural disasters or regional development the general definition of state aid is set out in article 107 1 of the tfeu 124 measures which fall within the definition of state aid are unlawful unless provided under an exemption or notified 125 for there to be state aid under article 107 1 of the tfeu each of the following must be present there is the transfer of member state resources which creates a selective advantage for one or more business undertakings that has the potential to distort trade between in the relevant business market and affects trade between the member states where all of these criteria are met state aid is present and the support shall be unlawful unless provided under a european commission exemption 126 the european commission applies a number of exemptions which enable aid to be lawful 127 the european commission will also approve state aid cases under the notification procedure 128 a report by the european defense agency deals with challenges to a level playing field for european defence industries the role of ownership and public aid practices 129 state aid law is an important issue for all public sector organisations and recipients of public sector support in the european union 130 because unlawful aid can be clawed back with compound interest there is some scepticism about the effectiveness of competition law in achieving economic progress and its interference with the provision of public services france s former president nicolas sarkozy has called for the reference in the preamble to the treaty of the european union to the goal of free and undistorted competition to be removed 131 though competition law itself would have remained unchanged other goals of the preamble which include full employment and social progress carry the perception of greater specificity and as being ends in themselves while free competition is merely a means liberalisation edit see also liberalization the eu liberalisation programme entails a broadening of sector regulation and extending competition law to previously state monopolised industries the eu has also introduced positive integration measures to liberalise the internal market there has at times been a tension between introduction of competition and the maintenance of universal and high quality service 132 in the corbeau case 133 mr corbeau had wanted to operate a rapid delivery service for post which infringed the belgian regie des postes exclusive right to operate all services the ecj held the legislation would be contrary to article 86 where it was excessive and unnecessary to guarantee the provision of services of general economic interest it pointed out however that the postal regime as was the case in most countries allowed the post office to offset less profitable sectors against the profitable sectors of post operations to provide universal service a restriction of competition could be justified the court went on to say to authorise individual undertakings to compete with the holder of the exclusive rights in the sectors of their choice corresponding to those rights would make it possible for them to concentrate on the economically profitable operations and to offer more advantageous tariffs than those adopted by the holders of the exclusive rights since unlike the latter they are not bound for economic reasons to offset losses in the unprofitable sectors against profits in the more profitable sectors this meant a core of economic sectors in postal services could be reserved for financing the state industry this was followed by the postal services directive 97 67 ec 134 which required member states to ensure that users enjoy the right to a universal service involving the permanent provision of a postal service at all points in their territory 135 this means once a working day deliveries and pick ups and that services that could be reserved for state monopolies include clearance sorting transport and delivery of items of domestic correspondence and incoming cross border correspondence 136 for countries that had not liberalised postal services in any measure the directive contained provisions to gradually open up to competition it was intended to strike a balance between competition and continued quality service 137 in the deutsche post decision 138 the commission took strong enforcement action deutsche post was accused of predatory pricing in the business parcel delivery sector i e not one of the services reserved under the directive by the private firm ups the commission ordered the structural separation of the normal postal services from business deliveries by deutsche post 139 first railway directive 91 440 ec and the second railway package third railway package and fourth railway package telecoms package and european union roaming regulations theory edit main article competition law theory the economist s depiction of deadweight loss to efficiency that monopolies cause article 101 tfeu s goals are unclear there are two main schools of thought the predominant view is that only consumer welfare considerations are relevant there 140 however a recent book argues that this position is erroneous and that other member state and european union public policy goals such as public health and the environment should also be considered there 141 if this argument is correct then it could have a profound effect on the outcome of cases 142 as well as the modernisation process as a whole the theory behind mergers is that transaction costs can be reduced compared to operating on an open market through bilateral contracts 143 concentrations can increase economies of scale and scope however often firms take advantage of their increase in market power their increased market share and decreased number of competitors which can have a knock on effect on the deal that consumers get merger control is about predicting what the market might be like not knowing and making a judgment see also edit competition law european commissioner for clean just and competitive transition irish competition law relevant market small but significant 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