Użyteczność publiczna a działalność gospodarcza
Public utility and economic activity

Summary/Abstract: Among tasks performed by local self-government units there are tasks of a public utility nature. These tasks constitute a part of the concept of “communal economy”, which is an element of national economy. The tasks of public utility nature can concern the organization of public utility services or their direct provision. They are performed both by the entities of the legal status of entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs, however, all of them act within the scope of the concept of „public utilities”. The services of public utility nature are always widely available, as well as rendered in a continuous manner to meet the collective needs of the community. These needs can concern the spheres of technical and social infrastructures. The services of public utility nature have also specific features that are typical for the normative structure of the term “economic activity”. Therefore they are provided in a structured and continuous way as well as they have profit-making character and aim.

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