Public Utility Services in Poland and Belarus
Public Utility Services in Poland and Belarus

Summary/Abstract: The text deals with the definition of public services and their scope in Belarus and Poland. As a result of the conducted research, it was found that it is difficult to accept one criterion indicating that the given services are public. A permanent criterion of non-payment for the services provided cannot be accepted, as there are public services which are paid for. A wide group of beneficiaries may indicate that it is a service or product of general interest. A comparison of the scope and services of public utility in Belarus and in Poland shows their wider scope present in Belarus. The aim of the study is to investigate: − whether the scope of public utility has evolved in the last thirty years, after the political transformation that took place in Poland and Belarus, − what scope of public utility services is provided by the public administration in Poland and Belarus,The text deals with the definition of public services and their scope in Belarus and Poland. As a result of the conducted research, it was found that it is difficult to accept one criterion indicating that the given services are public. A permanent criterion of non-payment for the services provided cannot be accepted, as there are public services which are paid for. A wide group of beneficiaries may indicate that it is a service or product of general interest. A comparison of the scope and services of public utility in Belarus and in Poland shows their wider scope present in Belarus. The aim of the study is to investigate: − whether the scope of public utility has evolved in the last thirty years, after the political transformation that took place in Poland and Belarus,− what scope of public utility services is provided by the public administration in Poland and Belarus, − whether services of general interest can be provided by private entrepreneurs in these two States. Conducting the research required the use of a comparative research method aimed at comparing the legal regulations regarding the conduct of activities in the field of public utility in Poland and in Belarus. The historical-legal method was also used to show the evolution of the scope of public utility services through the change of legal regulations.

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