However, market opening must not take place at the expense of the remote, more thinly populated areas of the EU, which also tend to be those which are economically less developed. On the contrary, such areas must be enabled to participate in the efficiency gains of market opening, as must consumers with low market power, such as blind and partially sighted people.
De openstelling van de markt mag echter niet ten koste gaan van de afgelegen, minder bevolkte en doorgaans ook economisch minder ontwikkelde gebieden. Integendeel, ook deze regio's moeten, evenals de consumenten met geringe koopkracht, zoals blinden en slechtzienden, kunnen profiteren van de efficiëntiewinst die door de liberalisering wordt bewerkstelligd.