MEANING THAT A LEGAL OBLIGATION IN GENERAL TERMS REQUIRING TRANSPORT RATES TO BE APPROVED BY PUBLIC AUTHORITY CANNOT IN ITSELF BE DEEMED TO CONSTITUTE A " TARIFF OBLIGATION " WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE REGULATION .
2 . WITHOUT EXCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY THAT " ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGES " WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE REGULATION CAN SUBSIST OVER A PERIOD OF ONLY A YEAR, ARTICLES 4 AND 5 OF REGULATION NO 1191/69 EQUALLY DO NOT EXCLUDE THE RIGHT OF MEMBER STATES, IN ASSESSING THESE DISADVANTAGES, TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE WHOLE OF THE TRANSPORT UNDERTAKING' S ECONOMIC SITUATION OVER A LONGER PERIOD, AND TO WITHHOLD COMPENSATION FOR DISADVANTAGES WHICH APPEAR TO BE TEMPORARY OR ACCIDENTAL .
3 . IN A CASE WHERE PUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATIONS HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY TERMINATED, ARTICLE 10 OF REGULATION NO 1191/69 MUST BE INTERPRETED AS MEANING THAT, HAVING REGARD TO THE CHARACTERISTICS AND VOLUME OF THE ACTIVITIES INVOLVED, THERE SHALL BE AN APPORTIONMENT OF THE " TOTAL COSTS " WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE REGULATION BETWEEN THE TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES IN RESPECT OF WHICH THESE OBLIGATIONS ARE MAINTAINED AND THOSE IN WHICH THEY ARE TERMINATED . THE REGULATION DOES NOT EXCLUDE THE USE FOR THIS PURPOSE OF LUMP-SUM ALLOCATIONS .