<num>TITLE VII</num><heading><b>COMMON RULES ON COMPETITION, TAXATION AND APPROXIMATION OF LAWS</b></heading><chapter eId="part-THREE-title-VII-chapter-1"><num>CHAPTER 1</num><heading>RULES ON COMPETITION</heading><section eId="part-THREE-title-VII-chapter-1-section-1"><num><i>SECTION 1</i></num><heading>RULES APPLYING TO UNDERTAKINGS</heading><article eId="article-106" uk:target="true"><num>Article 106</num><heading>(ex Article 86 TEC)</heading><paragraph eId="article-106-1"><num>1.</num><content><p>In the case of public undertakings and undertakings to which Member States grant special or exclusive rights, Member States shall neither enact nor maintain in force any measure contrary to the rules contained in the Treaties, in particular to those rules provided for in Article 18 and Articles 101 to 109.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="article-106-2"><num>2.</num><content><p>Undertakings entrusted with the operation of services of general economic interest or having the character of a revenue-producing monopoly shall be subject to the rules contained in the Treaties, in particular to the rules on competition, in so far as the application of such rules does not obstruct the performance, in law or in fact, of the particular tasks assigned to them. The development of trade must not be affected to such an extent as would be contrary to the interests of the Union.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="article-106-3"><num>3.</num><content><p>The Commission shall ensure the application of the provisions of this Article and shall, where necessary, address appropriate directives or decisions to Member States.</p></content></paragraph></article></section></chapter>

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eut/teec/article/106/walesConsolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European UnionConsolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union2020-12-24King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02016E/TXT-20200301texttext/xmlen2020-03-01PART THREEUNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS<num>TITLE VII</num><heading><b>COMMON RULES ON COMPETITION, TAXATION AND APPROXIMATION OF LAWS</b></heading><chapter eId="part-THREE-title-VII-chapter-1"><num>CHAPTER 1</num><heading>RULES ON COMPETITION</heading><section eId="part-THREE-title-VII-chapter-1-section-1"><num><i>SECTION 1</i></num><heading>RULES APPLYING TO UNDERTAKINGS</heading><article eId="article-106" uk:target="true"><num>Article 106</num><heading>(ex Article 86 TEC)</heading><paragraph eId="article-106-1"><num>1.</num><content><p>In the case of public undertakings and undertakings to which Member States grant special or exclusive rights, Member States shall neither enact nor maintain in force any measure contrary to the rules contained in the Treaties, in particular to those rules provided for in Article 18 and Articles 101 to 109.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="article-106-2"><num>2.</num><content><p>Undertakings entrusted with the operation of services of general economic interest or having the character of a revenue-producing monopoly shall be subject to the rules contained in the Treaties, in particular to the rules on competition, in so far as the application of such rules does not obstruct the performance, in law or in fact, of the particular tasks assigned to them. The development of trade must not be affected to such an extent as would be contrary to the interests of the Union.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="article-106-3"><num>3.</num><content><p>The Commission shall ensure the application of the provisions of this Article and shall, where necessary, address appropriate directives or decisions to Member States.</p></content></paragraph></article></section></chapter>