Author (Person) | Kekelekis, Mihalis, Rusu, Ioana Eleonora |
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Series Title | EIPAScope |
Series Details | No.1, 2011, p45-47 |
Publication Date | 2011 |
ISSN | 1025-6253 |
Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
Services of General Interest (SGEI) are, in the wording of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), among the ‘shared values of the Union’ and play an important role in ‘promoting social and territorial cohesion’. These services cover a wide range of activities and utilities ranging from water supply and ambulance services to the setting up of telecommunication infrastructures. Their role in the development of certain regions or in the inclusion of certain social categories has been acknowledged in numerous Commission documents and courts’ rulings. The financing of SGEI is in principle allowed, if this is necessary in order to ensure the proper functioning of the markets for the benefit of the consumers. For Member States This terrain is therefore a field in which the clear definition of the services and national interests concerned and the delimitation between national and EU competences is of crucial importance. In several different contexts the Europe 2020 Commission strategy mentions social cohesion as an objective which needs to be reached by the EU in the next decade. However, in none of these contexts are the SGEI mentioned, although these services are instrumental in that respect. What does this silence mean? What are the implications of the 2020 strategy on the definition and financing of SGEI? Are there any consequences for the current and future regulatory framework of SGEI? [Article forms part of 30th Anniversary Special Issue of EIPASCOPE] |
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Source Link | Link to Main Source http://www.eipa.eu/en/eipascope/search/&tid=1718 |
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Subject Categories | Business and Industry |
Countries / Regions | Europe |
Record URL | https://www.europeansources.info/record/?p=454521 |