The EU Court of Justice holds that the existence of a monopoly over the Greek television and radio station is not contrary to the Treaty but that the manner in which it is exercised can be so (ERT / Dimotiki)

Case C-260/89 Elliniki Radiophonia Tileorassi AE v Dimotiki Etairia Pliroforissis and Sotirios Kouvelas* 1. Community law does not preclude the granting of a television monopoly for considerations of a non-economic nature relating to the public interest. However, the manner in which such a monopoly is organized and exercised must not infringe the provisions of the Treaty on the free movement of goods and services or the rules on competition. 2. The articles of the EEC Treaty on the free movement of goods do not preclude the granting to a single undertaking of exclusive rights relating to television broadcasting and the