public service obligation
as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of…, Article 2, point (e) (Definitions)
a requirement defined or determined by a competent authority in order to ensure public passenger transport services in the general interest that an operator, if it were considering its own commercial interests, would not assume or would not assume to the same extent or under the same conditions without reward
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- Regulation (EU) 2017/352 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2017 establishing a framework for… 32017R0352, Article 2, point (14)
a requirement defined or determined in order to ensure the provision of those port services or activities of general interest that an operator, if it were considering its own commercial interests, would not assume or would not assume to the same extent or under the same conditions - Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to… 32001L0083, Article 1, point (18)
The obligation placed on wholesalers to guarantee permanently an adequate range of medicinal products to meet the requirements of a specific geographical area and to deliver the supplies requested within a very short time over the whole of the area in question.