36Among the provisions forming that legal framework, Article 3(1) of that regulation provides that, where a competent authority of a Member State decides to grant to the operator of its choice an exclusive right and/or public service compensation, of whatever nature, in return for the discharge of public service obligations, it shall do so within the framework of a public service contract, that provision thereby laying down the principle that public service obligations and the related compensation must be established under such a contract (see, to that effect, judgment of 8 September 2022, Lux Express Estonia, C‑614/20, EU:C:2022:641, paragraph 52).
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