39The direct link between the supply of services and the consideration received also does not appear to be called into question by the fact that, as Saudaçor maintains, its activity is intended to fulfil a constitutional obligation exclusively and directly incumbent upon the State under the Portuguese constitution, namely the obligation to implement a national health service which is universal and potentially free, to be financed, in essence, by public resources.
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