34As recital 4 in the preamble to Directive 2002/22 states, ensuring universal service may involve the provision of some services to some end-users at prices that depart from those resulting from normal market conditions. The Community legislature therefore provided – as is clear from recital 18 in the preamble to the directive – that Member States should, where necessary, establish mechanisms for financing the net cost of universal service obligations in cases where it is demonstrated that the obligations can be provided only at a loss or at a net cost which falls outside normal commercial standards.
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