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Relevant activities for the purposes of this Directive shall be: (a)the provision or operation of fixed networks intended to provide a service to the public in connection with the production, transport or distribution of: (i)drinking water, or (ii)electricity, or (iii)gas or heat, or the supply of drinking water, electricity, gas or heat to such networks; (b)the exploitation of a geographical area for the purpose of: (i)exploring for or extracting oil, gas, coal or other solid fuels, or (ii)the provision of airport, maritime or inland port or other terminal facilities to carriers by air, sea or inland waterway; (c)the operation of networks providing a service to the public in the field of transport by railway, automated systems, tramway, trolley bus, bus or cable. As regards transport services, a network shall be considered to exist where the service is provided under operating conditions laid down by a competent authority of a Member State, such as conditions on the routes to be served, the capacity to be made available or the frequency of the service; (d)the provision or operation of public tele- communications networks or the provision of one or more public telecommunications services.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-31 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.