Common use of Monopolies and Exclusive Service Suppliers Clause in Contracts

Monopolies and Exclusive Service Suppliers. 1. Each Party shall ensure that any monopoly supplier of a service in its territory does not, in the supply of the monopoly service in the relevant market, act in a manner inconsistent with that Party’s obligations under Article 4.3 (Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment) and specific commitments. 2. Where a Party’s monopoly supplier competes, either directly or through an affiliated company, in the supply of a service outside the scope of its monopoly rights and which is subject to that Party’s specific commitments, the Party shall ensure that such a supplier does not abuse its monopoly position to act in its territory in a manner inconsistent with such commitments.