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Commission issues reasoned opinion for Bulgaria’s procedures on assigning spectrum lots

By  |  March 22, 2012

The European Commission has issued a reasoned opinion on Bulgaria’s 2009 assignment of five spectrum lots for digital terrestrial broadcasting. Bulgaria assigned the lots using two contest procedures that, in the opinion of the Commission, “limit[ed] without justification the number of undertakings that could enter the market concerned. Moreover, the selection criteria . . . were disproportionate and therefore not in line with the requirements of the Competition, Authorisation and Framework Directives.”

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    Bulgaria has two months to reply satisfactorily, that is, to inform the Commission of measures taken to ensure open and non-discriminatory entry into the digital terrestrial broadcasting infrastructure market.

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