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T.M.C. Asser Press The Changing Legal Framework For Services Of General Interest In Europe Between Competition And Solidarity 2009 Edition by Markus Krajewski Johan Van De Gronden Ulla Neergaard
The European Legal Framework for the Provision of Services of General Interest/Public Services has been in a state of transformation since the early 1990s causing profound effects on the social and economic policies pursued by the Member States. This examination of the impact of EC internal market competition state aid and procurement law on the provision of these services focuses in particular on the fields of health services social services and local public services.It comprises horizontal studies on these subjects which take into account the most recent case law and community legislation from the European Court of Justice and includes country reports from ten different Member States.The authors of the individual contributions are well-known experts in their fields. This book is of great interest to academics practitioners government officials and policymakers dealing with EC affairs.Markus Krajewski is a guest Professor at the University of Bremen Germany and on leave from the University of Potsdam Germany. Ulla Neergaard is a Professor of EU Market Law at the University of Copenhagen Denmark. Johan van de Gronden is a Professor of European Law at the Radboud University Nijmegen The Netherlands. Table of contents : Concepts and Principles.- Services of General Economic Interest: The Nature of the Beast.- What Does Article 86 Actually Do?.- Taking Stock: The EU Institutions and Services of General Economic Interest.- The Value of Solidarity in European Public Services Law.- Financing and Organising Services of General Interest.- The Altmark Case and Its Consequences.- State Aid Control Over Public Services: A View from the Court.- Problems of Cross-Subsidisation.- The Conceptual Links between State Aid and Public Procurement in the Financing of Services of General Economic Interest.- The Never Ending Story if 'In-House' Procurement.- Regulating Services of General Interest.- Modernising Healthcare: Pilgrimage for the Holy Grail?.- The User-Provider Relationship: Informed Choice and User Protection Through Private Law.- The Services Directive and Services of General (Economic) Interest.- Towards A General EC Framework Instrument Related to SGEI? Political Considerations and Legal Constraints.- Experiences in the Member States.- France.- Italy.- Spain.- Germany.- United Kingdom.- Netherlands.- Sweden.- Poland.- Bulgaria.- Conclusion.- Conclusion.