Article 90 of the Treaty establishing the European Community

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Article 90 of the Treaty establishing the European Community was a provision governing the treatment and regulation of public undertakings and undertakings with special or exclusive rights within the EU internal market, particularly in relation to competition rules.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf provision of European Union law ⓘ
treaty article ⓘ
aimsTo ensure that public undertakings comply with EU competition rules ⓘ
prevent distortion of competition by State measures granting special or exclusive rights ⓘ
allows derogations for undertakings entrusted with services of general economic interest under certain conditions ⓘ
appliesTo public undertakings ⓘ
undertakings to which Member States grant exclusive rights ⓘ
undertakings to which Member States grant special rights ⓘ
basedOn principle of non-discrimination between public and private undertakings ⓘ
bindingOn national authorities granting special or exclusive rights ⓘ
public undertakings exercising economic activities ⓘ
binds Member States of the European Community ⓘ
category EU competition law provision ⓘ
EU internal market provision ⓘ
concerns application of competition rules to public undertakings ⓘ
application of competition rules to undertakings with special or exclusive rights ⓘ
ensures that competition rules apply equally to public and private undertakings ⓘ
enteredIntoForceWith Treaty of Rome ⓘ
hasLanguageVersionsIn all official languages of the European Community ⓘ
hasSuccessor Article 106 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
historicallyImportantFor development of EU law on public undertakings ⓘ
liberalisation of former State monopolies in the EU ⓘ
interpretedBy Court of Justice of the European Communities ⓘ
legalNature directly applicable provision in Member States ⓘ
linkedTo liberalisation of sectors such as telecommunications and energy ⓘ
public enterprises in network industries ⓘ
state monopolies of a commercial character ⓘ
locatedInTitle Title on competition rules of the Treaty establishing the European Community ⓘ
objective to reconcile public service obligations with competition rules ⓘ
partOf Treaty establishing the European Community ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Rome

primary law of the European Union ⓘ
regulates treatment of public undertakings in the internal market ⓘ
treatment of undertakings with special or exclusive rights in the internal market ⓘ
relatedTo Article 85 of the Treaty establishing the European Community ⓘ
Article 86 of the Treaty establishing the European Community ⓘ
rules on State measures affecting competition ⓘ
rules on abuse of a dominant position ⓘ
scopeIncludes services of general economic interest ⓘ
subjectTo interpretation in light of the objectives of the internal market ⓘ
interpretation in light of the objectives of undistorted competition ⓘ
usedAsLegalBasisFor infringement proceedings by the European Commission ⓘ
usedIn competition law enforcement against State measures ⓘ
wasLaterReplacedBy Article 106 TFEU ⓘ
wasRenumberedAs Article 86 EC after the Treaty of Amsterdam renumbering ⓘ

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TFEU Article 106 → historicalPredecessor → Article 90 of the Treaty establishing the European Community ⓘ