Financing services of general economic interest
Subtitle: reform and modernization
By: Erika Szyszczak, Johan Willem van de Gronden, editors
Series: Legal issues of services of general interest; Legal issues of services of general interest
Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: The Hague, The Netherlands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9789067049054
Subjects: Domestic Economic assistance; Law and legislation; Subsidies; Finance; Public Finance
Description: 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 competitiveness. The book examines the European Commission's response to the 'Altmark' ruling in the measures known as the 'Altmark-Monti-Kroes Package' and charts the review of this package from 2009 culminating in a new package of measures, known as the 'Almunia Package'. The seemingly technocratic idea of a review of the 'Altmark-Monti-Kroes Package' could not have anticipated the demanding and changed economic and constitutional context of the EU in 2009.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Erika Szyszczak -- The impact of Altmark : the European Commission case law responses / -- Max Klasse; title: The European Courts' jurisprudence after Altmark : evolution or devolution?  -- Hans Vedder and Marijn Holwerda; title: The role of procurement and SGEI after Altmark  -- Ian Clarke; title: The European Commission's reform strategy  -- Stéphane Rodrigues; title: The Almunia package : legal constraints, policy procedures, and Political Choices  -- Tim Maxian Rusche; title: The Almunia package : state aid and services of general economic interest  -- José Luís Buendía Sierra and José Manuel Panero Rivas; title: Financing services of general economic interest : the European Commission's economic tests  -- James Kavanagh; title: The Commission's modernisation agenda for procurement and SGEI  -- Albert Sanchez Graells; title: The Altmark update and social services : toward a European approach  -- Johan W. van de Gronden and Catalin Stefan Rusu; title: Transport  -- Tim Maxian Rusche and Silvia Schmidt; title: This won't hurt a bit : the Commission's approach to services of general economic interest and state aid to hospitals -- Leigh Hancher and Wolf Sauter -- Conclusion /-- Johan W. van de Gronden.