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  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1804 of 10 October 2016 on the detailed rules for the application of Articles 34 and 35 of Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (notified under document C(2016) 6351) (Text with EEA relevance)",
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  "number": "5.3.3",
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  "text": "Describe the various factors influencing entry into the relevant markets in this case, from both a geographical and product viewpoint. In so doing, take account of the following, where appropriate:\n(a) the total costs of entry (research and development, distribution systems necessary, promotion, advertising, after-sales service, etc.) on an equivalent scale to that of a significant viable competitor, indicating the market share of such a competitor;\n(b) any legal or regulatory barriers to entry, such as government authorisation or the existence of any standards;\n(c) any restrictions created by the existence of patents, know-how and other intellectual property rights in these markets and any restrictions created by the licensing of such rights;\n(d) the extent to which the applicant is a licensee or licensor of patents, know-how and other rights in the relevant markets;\n(e) the importance of economies of scale for the production of products in the relevant markets;\n(f) access to sources of supply, such as availability of raw materials.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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