Financing Services of General Economic Interest Reform and Modernization /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Szyszczak, Erika. (Editor), Gronden, Johan Willem. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: The Hague, The Netherlands : T. M. C. Asser Press : Imprint: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2013.
• Series: Legal Issues of Services of General Interest
• Subjects: Law.; Public law.; European Law.; Public Law.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-6704-906-1

This book examines the legacy of the 2003 ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Altmark. This case changed the direction of how Services of General�Economic Interest (SGEI) should be funded in the EU against a background of liberalisation, and the need for efficiency and global com...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The Impact of Altmark: the European Commission Case Law Responses
• The European Courts Jurisprudence after Altmark: Evolution of Devolution? The Role of Procurement and Services of General Economic Interest after Altmark
• The European Commissions Reform Strategy
• The Almunia Package: Legal Constraints, Policy Procedures and Political Choices
• The Almunia Package: State aid and Services of General Economic Interest
• Financing Services of General Economic Interest: the European Commissions Economic Tests
• The Commissions Modernization Agenda for Procurement and Services of General Economic Interest
• The Altmark Update and Social Services-Towards a European Approach
• Transport
• This Wont Hurt a Bit: the Commissions Approach to Services of General Economic Interest and State Aid to Hospitals
• Conclusion.