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<Title><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/21" id="c00001" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2003" Number="0021">Communications Act 2003</Citation></Title>
<Number>21</Number>
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<DateText>17 July 2003</DateText>
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<Title><CitationSubRef id="c00448" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/21/section/77" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-77">Section 77</CitationSubRef>: Imposition of privileged supplier conditions</Title>
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<Text>Where a public electronic communications provider enjoys special or exclusive rights in relation to the provision of services in other sectors (other than the provision of associated facilities), OFCOM must set such privileged supplier conditions as they think fit (unless that provider has an annual turnover in relation to all of his communications activities of less than €50 million, in which case OFCOM are not obliged to impose a condition, but may do so if they wish).  Such conditions can require such providers to keep separate accounts (all of which should be audited and published), or to have structural separation between different activities.  This implements Article 13 of the Framework Directive.</Text>
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<Text>*<Note><Emphasis>special or exclusive rights</Emphasis> has the same meaning as in Article 86 of the Treaty establishing the European Community.  Although the Treaty does not itself define them, guidance is given in Article 2(1)(f) and (g) of the Commission Transparency Directive OJ [1980] L 195/35.  These rights are often, but need not be, given to public undertakings.  Exclusive rights are largely self-explanatory but should be analysed in a functional rather than formalistic manner.  Case law indicates that special rights are rights granted by a Member State to a limited number of undertakings where this limits – otherwise than according to objective, proportionate and non-discriminatory criteria - the number of undertakings authorised to provide a service in a particular area.</Note></Text>
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