23In view of the foregoing considerations, the answer to the fourth question is that the second subparagraph of Article 18(10) of Directive 2003/96 must be interpreted as meaning that, until 1 January 2009, compliance with the minimum rates of taxation laid down in that directive was, in the context of rules on the taxation of electricity laid down by EU law, the only obligation incumbent on the French Republic.
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