42In that regard, recital 8 of Directive 2006/123 states that the provisions of that directive should apply only to the extent that the activities in question are open to competition, so that they do not oblige Member States either to liberalise SGEIs or to privatise public entities which provide such services or to abolish existing monopolies for other activities or certain distribution services.
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