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The Article 106 paragraph 1 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union allows controlling not only the exercise, but also the very existence of special or exclusive rights that the EU Member States grant to some enterprises. The right of the Member States to grant an exclusive right to certain enterprise and thus ensure its dominant position on certain market, which is fundamentally recognised by European law, must not give rise to a situation where the privileged enterprise adopts a conduct constituting the abuse of a dominant position, prohibited by the Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.