LEADER 04682nam 22006855 450 001 9910410029903321 005 20250717133309.0 010 $a94-6265-387-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-94-6265-387-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000011232980 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6192790 035 $a(DE-He213)978-94-6265-387-0 035 $a(PPN)248398059 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29077912 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011232980 100 $a20200508d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aServices of General Economic Interest in EU Competition Law $eStriking a Balance Between Non-economic Values and Market Competition /$fby Lei Zhu 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aThe Hague :$cT.M.C. Asser Press :$cImprint: T.M.C. Asser Press,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 312 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aLegal Issues of Services of General Interest,$x3004-9970 311 08$a94-6265-386-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. SGI: An EU Expression of State Functions -- Chapter 3. The Grant of Exclusive Rights under Article 106 -- Chapter 4. Application of State Aid Rules to SGEI Funding -- Chapter 5. Universal Service Obligation in Telecommunications -- Chapter 6. Services of General Economic Interest in the Postal Sector -- Chapter 7. Service of General Economic Interest in Transport -- Chapter 8. Conclusions -- Table of Treaties, Legislation, Decisions, Cases and Soft Law Documents -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aThis book provides a comprehensive examination of the interaction between Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI) and EU competition law, covering in particular Article 106 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and state aid rules. It also takes the telecommunications, postal service and transport sectors as case studies, taking into account the technological, economic and political backgrounds to these sectors. The area of SGEI has undergone fundamental developments over the past three decades and the most recent changes in the Lisbon Treaty, recognizing SGEI as a shared value and granting explicit competence to the EU, mark its constitutional significance. The key issue is how to balance economic values underlying competitive markets and non-economic public service values such as universal access to essential services. The essence of the question is the relationship between the market and the state. This controversial issue is addressed through acritical analysis of a number of landmark EU Court judgments and Commission decisions over the decades. Offering a clear appreciation of the evolution of the EU regulatory framework on SGEI that lays out the limits and boundaries within which the Member States define, organize and fund SGEI, the book is particularly aimed at academics with a research interest in the interaction between public services and EU competition law, but as it also demonstrates clearly how the application of EU competition law has transformed the public utilities sectors, it will be of interest to law makers, legal professionals and policy makers as well. Dr. Lei Zhu is a Research Associate at the Institute of International Law at Wuhan University in Wuhan, China. He studied at the Institute for Competition & Procurement Studies of the Bangor University Law School in Wales, United Kingdom, where he obtained his PhD in law in 2015. 410 0$aLegal Issues of Services of General Interest,$x3004-9970 606 $aLaw$zEurope 606 $aInternational law 606 $aTrade regulation 606 $aLaw and economics 606 $aCommercial law 606 $aEuropean Economic Community 606 $aEuropean Law 606 $aInternational Economic Law, Trade Law 606 $aLaw and Economics 606 $aEuropean Economic Law 615 0$aLaw 615 0$aInternational law. 615 0$aTrade regulation. 615 0$aLaw and economics. 615 0$aCommercial law. 615 0$aEuropean Economic Community. 615 14$aEuropean Law. 615 24$aInternational Economic Law, Trade Law. 615 24$aLaw and Economics. 615 24$aEuropean Economic Law. 676 $a341 700 $aZhu$b Lei$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0955407 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910410029903321 996 $aServices of General Economic Interest in EU Competition Law$92161886 997 $aUNINA