Developments in Services of General Interest (Legal Issues of Services of General Interest)

This Is The Third Book In The Series Legal Issues Of Services Of General Interest. The Book Focuses Upon A Set Of Research Questions On The Recent Developments In The Emergence Of Services Of General Interest (sgis) As A Distinct Eu Concept. This Includes, Inter Alia, The Emergence Of Universal Service Obligations And The Way They Are Regulated In The Eu In Primary And Secondary Law, The Range Of Soft Law Communications Adopted By The Commission To Create A Distinctive Eu Concept Of Sgis, The Residual Role Of Hard Law In The Treaty On The Functioning Of The European Union (tfeu), The Special Problems Created By Social Services Of General Economic Interest And The Interaction Of Procurement And State Aid Law With Sgis. A New Perspective Is Offered In This Book: Some Of The Issues Faced By The Eu In Accommodating Sgis Into A Regulatory Framework Are Found Also In The Policy Of The Wto And In Least Developed Countries (ldcs). Erika Szyszczak ... [et Al.], Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Developments in Services of General Interest Acknowledgments Contents List of Contributors List of Abbreviations 1 Introduction: Why Do Public Services Challenge the European Union? Part I Background Issues 2 From Rome to Lisbon: SGIs in Primary Law 3 The Commission’s Soft Law in the Area of Services of General Economic Interest 4 Article 106 TFEU is Dead. Long Live Article 106 TFEU! 5 The Definition of a ‘Contract’ Under Article 106 TFEU Part II New Legal Issues 6 Social Services of General Interest and EU Law 7 Universal Service Obligations: Fulfilling New Generations of Services of General Economic Interest 8 Public Service Obligations: Protection of Public Service Values in a National and European Context Part III Global Issues 9 Public Private Partnerships and Government Services in Least Developed Countries: Regulatory Paradoxes 10 Universal Service Provisions in International Agreements of the EU: From Derogation to Obligation? 11 Conclusion Table of Cases The third volume in the series Legal Issues of Services of General Interest, this book examines and analyzes a set of research questions on the most recent developments in the emergence of services of general interest as a distinct European Union concept.