In exceptional cases, it should be possible for functional separation to be justified as a remedy where there has been persistent failure to achieve effective non-discrimination in several of the markets concerned, and where there is little or no prospect of infrastructure competition within a reasonable time-frame after recourse to one or more remedies previously considered to be appropriate.
I gcásanna eisceachtúla, ba cheart go mbeadh sé indéanta údar a bheith le deighilt fheidhmiúil a úsáid mar leigheas i gcás ina raibh mainneachtain leanúnach ann neamh-idirdhealú éifeachtach a bhaint amach i roinnt de na margaí lena mbaineann, agus i gcás ina mbeidh fíorbheagán iomaíochta bonneagair ann nó nach mbeidh aon seans nó mórán seans ann go mbeidh iomaíocht bonneagair ann laistigh de thréimhse ama réasúnta tar éis dul i muinín leigheas amháin nó níos mó ar measadh iad a bheith iomchuí roimhe sin.