Undertakings entrusted with the operation of services of general economic interest or having the character of an income-producing monopoly shall be subject to the provisions of the Constitution, in particular to the rules on competition, insofar as the application of such provisions does not obstruct the performance, in law or in fact, of the particular tasks assigned to them.
Gnóthais arb éag cúram seirbhísí a oibriú ar mhaithe leis an leas eacnamaíoch ginearálta i gcoitinne nó seirbhísí de chineál monaplachta fioscaí, beidh siad faoi réir fhorálacha an Bhunreachta, go háirithe na rialacha iomaíochta, chomh fada is nach dtiocfaidh de na rialacha sin a chur i bhfeidhm bac ar chomhlíonadh, ó dhlí nó ó fhíoras, na gcúram áirithe a ceapadh dóibh.