30That provision, which seeks to reconcile the Member States’ interests in using certain undertakings as an instrument of economic or social policy with the European Union’s interest in ensuring compliance with the rules on competition and the preservation of the unity of the internal market (judgments of 20 April 2010, Federutility and Others, C‑265/08, EU:C:2010:205, paragraph 28, and of 8 March 2017, Viasat Broadcasting UK v Commission, C‑660/15 P, EU:C:2017:178, paragraph 31), must be interpreted taking account of the clarifications in Protocol (No 26) on Services of General Interest (OJ 2016 C 202, p. 307) and, having regard to the field at issue in the present case, in Protocol (No 29) on the System of Public Broadcasting in the Member States (OJ 2016 C 202, p. 311) (judgment of 8 March 2017, Viasat Broadcasting UK v Commission, C‑660/15 P, EU:C:2017:178, paragraph 36).
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