THE SERVICES OF GENERAL ECONOMIC INTEREST AND THE RIGHT TO A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNION
THE SERVICES OF GENERAL ECONOMIC INTEREST AND THE RIGHT TO A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Summary/Abstract: The insurance of a high level of life in a healthy environment represents one of the public objectives assumed by the European Union. The European life model can be achieved only in accordance with the development of the services of general interest, including of the economic ones. The evolution of the needs and expectations of the users have imposed more and more obligations both for public authorities as well as for private suppliers in areas such as transportation, communications, energy and natural gas. The quality of the services of general economic interest shall be analyzed including in relation with the means in which the human’s fundamental rights, among which is enlisted the right to a healthy environment.The current study aims a brief analysis of the means in which the European Union having the support of the judiciary, tries to insure the compliance of the European citizens’ rights by the providers of services in this extremely sensitive area of environmental protection.

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