44As those suppliers of electricity and gas are required, in the framework of the obligations imposed by the national legislation, to enter into contracts with customers who request this and who are entitled to the conditions laid down in that legislation, the economic interests of those suppliers must be taken into account in so far as they are unable to choose the other contracting party and cannot freely terminate the contract.
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