natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
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#OMMISSION฀ $IRECTIVE฀ %#฀ OF฀ ฀ *ANUARY฀ ฀ AMENDING฀ $IRECTIVE฀ %%#฀ WITH฀ REGARD฀ TO฀ MOBILE฀ AND฀ PERSONAL฀ C O M M U N I C A T I ON S ฀ / * ฀ ฀ ,฀ ฀ P ฀
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4HE฀#OURT฀ ALSO฀ CONSIDERED฀ H O W E V E R ฀ THAT฀ THOSE฀ PROVISIONS฀ DID฀ NOT฀ PRECLUDE฀ SUCH฀ LEGISLATION฀ IF฀ THE฀ FEE฀ IMPOSED฀ON฀ THE฀PUBLIC฀UNDERTAKING฀ IN฀A฀DOMINANT฀POSITION฀ FOR฀ ITS฀ LICENCE฀ INCLUDING฀ THE฀ SUBSEQUENT฀ ALLOCATION฀ WITHOUT฀ ADDITIONAL฀ PAYMENT฀ OF฀ ADDITIONAL฀ FREQUENCIES฀ A P P E A RE D ฀ TO฀BE฀EQUIVALENT฀ IN฀ECONOMIC฀ TERMS฀ TO฀ THE฀ FEE฀ IMPOSED฀ON฀ THE฀ NEW฀ ENTRANT฀ #ONCERNING฀ MORE฀ PARTICULARLY฀ THE฀CASE฀OF฀ !RTICLE฀ ฀ AND฀ ฀OF฀$IRECTIVE฀ ฀ THE฀#OURT฀HELD฀ THAT฀ THOSE฀PROVISIONS฀DO฀NOT฀PRECLUDE฀ LEGISLATION฀ALLOWING฀SUCH฀A฀ LIMITED฀ALLOCATION฀OF฀ADDITIONAL฀FREQUENCIES฀AFTER฀AT฀LEAST฀THREE฀YEARS฀HAVE฀ELAPSED฀SINCE฀ THE฀ GRANT฀ OF฀ THE฀ $ # 3 ฀ ฀ LICENCE฀ OR฀ BEFORE฀ THE฀ E X P I R Y ฀ OF฀ THAT฀ PERIOD฀ IF฀ THE฀ C A P A C I T Y ฀ OF฀ THE฀PUBLIC฀UNDERTAKING฀ HOLDING฀ A฀ ' 3 - ฀ ฀ LICENCE฀ TO฀ A C C E P T ฀ NEW฀ CUSTOMERS฀ HAS฀ BEEN฀ E X H A U S T E D ฀ D E S P I T E ฀ THE฀USE฀OF฀ ALL฀ C O M M E R C I A L L Y ฀ V I ABLE฀ TECHNICAL฀ P O S S I B I L I T I E S ฀
2ETTEN฀HAR฀DOG฀ F R E M H� V ET฀ SOM฀ DEN฀HAR฀ F A S T SL � ET฀ I฀DOMMEN฀ I฀SAGEN฀ 'ENERAL฀-OTORS฀.EDERLAND฀OG฀/PEL฀.EDERLAND฀MOD฀+OMMISSIONEN ฀ AT฀ RETNINGSLINJERNE฀ IKKE฀ FOREGRIBER฀ DEN฀ B E D � M M E L SE฀ AF฀ B � DEN฀ SOM฀ FORETAGES฀ AF฀ & � L L ES S K A B E T S ฀ RETSINSTANSER฀ DER฀ I฀DENNE฀ FORBINDELSE฀ HAR฀ FULD฀ P R � VE L S ES RET฀ n฀ 3 K � R P E N DE฀ ELLER฀ FORMILDENDE฀ O M S T � N D I G H E DER฀
฀ /N฀ THE฀MATTER฀ OF฀ 3TATE฀ AID฀ FOUR฀ CASES฀ ARE฀ W O R T H Y ฀ OF฀ N O T E ฀
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4HE฀#OURT฀ THEREFORE฀ CONCLUDED฀ THAT฀ IN฀ THE฀ ABSENCE฀ OF฀ ANY฀ POSSIBILITY฀ OF฀ COMPARING฀ THE฀ SITUATION฀ OF฀ ,A฀ 0OSTE฀WITH฀ THAT฀ OF฀ A฀ PRIVATE฀ GROUP฀ OF฀ UNDERTAKINGS฀ NOT฀ OPERATING฀ IN฀ A฀ RESERVED฀ SECTOR฀ hNORMAL฀ MARKET฀ C ON D I T I ON S v฀ WHICH฀ARE฀ NECESSARILY฀ HYPOTHETICAL฀ ALLOWING฀IT฀TO฀BE฀DETERMINED฀WHETHER฀THE฀PROVISION฀BY฀A฀PUBLIC฀UNDERTAKING฀OF฀LOGISTICAL฀ AND฀ COMMERCIAL฀ ASSISTANCE฀ TO฀ ITS฀ PRIVATE LAW฀ SUBSIDIARY฀ WAS฀ CAPABLE฀OF฀ CONSTITUTING฀ 3TATE฀ AID฀ HAD฀ TO฀BE฀ ASSESSED฀ BY฀ REFERENCE฀ TO฀ THE฀ OBJECTIVE฀ AND฀ VERIFIABLE฀ ELEMENTS฀ WHICH฀ WERE฀ AVAILABLE฀ 4HE฀ COSTS฀ B O R N E ฀ BY฀ ,A฀ 0OSTE฀ IN฀ PROVIDING฀ SUCH฀ ASSISTANCE฀ COULD฀
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CONSTITUTE฀ SUCH฀ OBJECTIVE฀ AND฀ VERIFIABLE฀ ELEMENTS฀ /N฀ THAT฀ BASIS฀ THERE฀ COULD฀ BE฀ NO฀ QUESTION฀OF฀ 3TATE฀ AID฀ TO฀ THE฀ SUBSIDIARY฀ IF฀ FIRST฀ IT฀WERE฀ ESTABLISHED฀ THAT฀ THE฀ PRICE฀ C H A R G E D ฀ P R O P E R L Y ฀ COVERED฀ ALL฀ THE฀ ADDITIONAL฀ V A R I ABLE฀ COSTS฀ INCURRED฀ IN฀ PROVIDING฀ THE฀ L O G I S T I C A L ฀ AND฀ COMMERCIAL฀ ASSISTANCE฀ AN฀ APPROPRIATE฀ C ON T R I B U T I ON฀ TO฀ THE฀ F I X E D ฀ COSTS฀ ARISING฀ FROM฀ USE฀ OF฀THE฀POSTAL฀NETWORK฀AND฀AN฀ADEQUATE฀RETURN฀ON฀THE฀CAPITAL฀ INVESTMENT฀ IN฀SO฀FAR฀AS฀ IT฀WAS฀ USED฀ FOR฀ THE฀ S U B S I D I A R Y g S ฀ COMPETITIVE฀ ACTIVITY฀ AND฀ IF฀ S E C ON D L Y ฀ THERE฀WAS฀ N O T H IN G ฀ TO฀ S U G G E S T ฀ THAT฀ THOSE฀ FACTORS฀ HAD฀ BEEN฀ U N D E RE S T I M A T E D ฀ OR฀ F I X E D ฀ IN฀ AN฀ A R B I T R A R Y ฀ F A S H I ON฀
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