102In that regard, it is clear from the considerations set out in paragraphs 10, 20 and 21 above, first, that UEFA’s property rights were affected already by Article 3a of Directive 85/552 and that that effect may, in principle, be justified by the objective of protecting the right to information and ensuring wide access by the public to television coverage of events of major importance. Second, given that the matches in the final stage of the EURO, in their entirety, were validly designated by the United Kingdom as an event of major importance, the Commission was required to examine only the effects of that designation on UEFA’s property rights which went beyond those which are intrinsically linked to the inclusion of that event in the list of events designated by those authorities.
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