Press Release: The Commission proposes a method for assessing and improving the essential services Europeans use every day

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Series Details IP/02/879 (18.6.02)
Publication Date 18/06/2002
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The European Commission adopted on 18 June 2002 a communication defining a methodology for evaluating 'services of general economic interest': in other words, essential services all citizens and businesses need to use, such as transport, energy, post and telecommunications. The aim is to improve the performance of these services across the EU by helping to identify which ways of providing them allows all citizens to have access to the best quality services for the best value.
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http://ec.europa.eu/comm/economy_finance/publications/structural_policies/2002/com_2002_331_en.pdf http://ec.europa.eu/comm/economy_finance/publications/structural_policies/2002/com_2002_331_en.pdf
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