17It follows that, as the Advocate General notes, in essence, in points 33 to 36 of his Opinion, for the provisions of the Authorisation Directive to be applicable to a tax such as that at issue in the main proceedings, the trigger for that tax must be linked to a general authorisation procedure, which ensures, under Article 2(2)(a) of the Authorisation Directive, rights for the provision of electronic communications networks or services (see, to that effect, judgments in Commission v France, C‑485/11, EU:C:2013:427, paragraphs 30, 31 and 34; Vodafone Malta and Mobisle Communications, C‑71/12, EU:C:2013:431, paragraphs 24 and 25; and Fratelli De Pra and SAIV, C‑416/14, EU:C:2015:617, paragraph 41).
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