Public Undertakings and Public Service Activities in the European Union
Study
01-02-1997
The current privatization trend means that the role of public enterprises in the Community is diminishing and the fulfilment of public service obligations is in question. The study examines the nature and scope of these obligations in the Member States to discover if there is any agreement on a minimal notion of public service.
Study
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- BUSINESS AND COMPETITION
- business classification
- civil law
- consumption
- deregulation
- economic infrastructure
- economic policy
- economic structure
- ECONOMICS
- EU competence
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- executive power and public service
- LAW
- legal form of organisations
- market economy
- organisation
- POLITICS
- privatisation
- public sector
- public service
- services of general interest
- single market
- TRADE