69In the second place, as is apparent from the first subparagraph of Article 1(1) and recital 4 of Regulation No 1370/2007, that objective is additional to that of guaranteeing through regulated competition the provision of services of general interest which are among other things more numerous, safer, of a higher quality or provided at lower cost than those that market forces alone would have allowed.
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