32In the light of the foregoing considerations, the answer to the second question is that Article 7 of the Authorisation Directive must be interpreted as meaning that a selection procedure for the award of rights to use frequencies and the award decision resulting from that procedure are intended to promote and develop effective and undistorted competition, while respecting the principles of equal treatment and proportionality. The fact that such a procedure includes a stage for examining whether any applications comply with the relevant tender specifications is not contrary to that objective, provided that that procedure, taken as a whole, complies with the requirements and conditions laid down in Article 7 of that directive.
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