28As the Court has stated, that provision is designed to reconcile the Member States’ interest in using certain undertakings as an instrument of economic or social policy with the Community’s interest in ensuring compliance with the rules on competition and preservation of the unity of the common market (see, to that effect, Case C-67/96 Albany [1999] ECR I-5751, paragraph 103 and case-law cited).
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