(87) Med hensyn til de forsinkede betalinger for brugen af nettet hævder de portugisiske myndigheder, at Portugal Telecoms omlægning af gælden udgør en fælles strategi i forholdet mellem kreditor og debitor og dermed ikke statslig indgriben.
(87) As regards late payment of amounts payable for use of the network, the Portuguese authorities claim that the rescheduling of debt by Portugal Telecom was a common strategy in commercial relations between creditor and debtor and did not result from intervention by the State.