European Regulatory Framework For Services Of General Economic Interest
European Regulatory Framework For Services Of General Economic Interest

Summary/Abstract: The new concept of public services defined at the level of the European Union is characterized by integration of elements of continental and Anglo-Saxon economic tradition. Public services are divided into two groups: services of general economic interest and services of general interest. The first group consists of services, which have strong economic nature and are hence subject to competition law on the internal European market (energy, gas, telecommunications, postal services, public transport). The second group consists of public services that do not have strong economic nature, and as such are exempt from the competition law (police, judiciary, defense, health, social care). The topic of this paper is the current European regulatory framework for services of general economic interest. The aim of the paper is to indicate that principles of common European regulatory framework for services of general economic interest reflect the conceptual idea of combining certain elements from two economic traditions.

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