On public service and service of general economic interest: a conceptual approach
| Autor | Josep Ramon Fuentes i Gasó |
| Cargo | Professor of Administrative Law, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Espanha). Doctor en derecho por la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (Barcelona, Espanha). Miembro del Grupo de Investigación sobre Territorio, ciudadanía y sostenibilidad de la Universidad Rovira i Virgili en el Centro de Estudios en Derecho Ambiental de Tarragona (CEDAT... |
| Páginas | 237-261 |
Rev. Direito Econ. Socioambiental, Curitiba, v. 12, n. 2, p. 237-261, maio/ago. 2021
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doi: 10.7213/rev.dir.econ.soc.v12i2.28848
On public service and service of general economic
interest: a conceptual approach
Do serviço público e do serviço de interesse econômico geral:
uma abordagem conceitual
Josep Ramon Fuentes i Gasó *
Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Espanha)
josepramon.fuentes@urv.cat
Recebido: 13/04/2021 Aprovado: 24/08/2021
Received: 04/13/2021 Approved: 08/24/2021
Abstract
The economic integration and the creation of a European common market brought as a
consequence the transformation of the public service concept, making way to services of
general interest (SGI), services of general economic interest (SGEI), and Non-economic
services of general interest ( NESGI). This paper, reviews this process of transformation from
the original idea of the Bordeaux School, to the notion of service of general economic interest
(SGEI), coined by European Union law.
Keywords: administrative law; public service; service of general economic interest; publicatio.
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* Professor of Administrative Law, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Espanha). Doctor en derecho por
la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (Barcelona, Espanha). Miembro del Grupo de Investigación sobre
Territorio, ciudadanía y sostenibilidad de la Universidad Rovira i Virgili en el Centro de Estudios en
Derecho Ambiental de Tarragona (CEDAT). E-mail: josepramon.fuentes@urv.cat.
Como citar este artigo/How to cite this article: FUENTES I GASÓ, Josep Ramon. On public service and
service of general economic interest: a conceptual approach. Revista de Direito Econômico e
Socioambiental, Curitiba, v. 12, n. 2, p. 237-261, maio/ago. 2021. doi:
10.7213/rev.dir.econ.soc.v12i2.28848
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Rev. Direito Econ. Socioambiental, Curitiba, v. 12, n. 2, p. 237-261, maio/ago. 2021
Resumo
A integração económica e a criação de um mercado comum europeu levaram à transformação
do conceito de serviço público, dando lugar aos serviços de interesse geral (SIG), Serviços de
interesse económico geral (SIEG) e serviços de interesse geral não económicos (SIGNE). Este
trabalho, revê este processo de transformação desde a ideia original da Escola de Bordeaux
até à noção de serviço de interesse económico geral (SIEG), cunhado pelo direito da União
Europeia.
Palavras-chave: Direito administrativo; serviço público; serviço de interesse econômico geral;
publicatio.
Sumario
1. Introduction. 2. The public service: a concept in constant evolution. 2.1. The origins of
public service 2.2. The public service in the Spanish law. 3. Impact of European Union law on
the reconstruction of the public service: services of general economic interest. 3.1. The
evolution of services of general economic interest (SGEI) in the European Union law. 3.2. The
TFEU and the services of general economic interest (SGEI) 3.3. Services of general economic
interest (SGEI) and their impact in the public service concept. 3.4. Services of general
economic interest (SGEI) in the Spanish law. 4. Conclusions. Bibliographical References.
1. Introduction
Three are the figures on which the Administrative Law was built:
police, promotion and public service. The latter has perhaps been the most
controversial because of the difficulty of its delimitation, to the point that, in
its beginnings, it was considered as the activity that covered all or the main
functions of the State (CASSAGNE, 2015). In the words of VEDEL, public
service "is one of the notions that has become more confused with the
modern evolution of administrative l aw” (VEDEL, 1990, p. 703), to the point
of according to ALESSI "are as many as authors have dealt with it, even
occasionally” (ALESSI, 1946, p. 24).
The profound crisis that the public service endured during the middle
of the 20th century, has allowed transforming the concept from the original
idea of the Bordeaux School that started from a statist and authoritarian
conception, to bring it to the stage of free competition between companies,
which can -in a free market scheme- develop activities with a view to
meeting collective needs.
In this process of transformation, Community law, a right that "has
evolved from the primary purpose of European construction through a
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