general good

public goods and services

services of general interest [ general-interest services | public-interest services | services of general economic interest | services of public interest ]

Permanent Study Group on Services of General Interest

public interest [ general interest | public good ]

assignment for the benefit of creditors generally [ assignment for the general benefit of creditors | assignment for the benefit of creditors | assignment ]

service of public interest

disruption of a public service

5. Takes note of the Commission's first biennial report on the situation of social services of general interest in the EU; insists that the issue of services of general interest is another important point where revision of the treaties is needed; in that respect emphasises the need for clear provisions in EU primary law indicating that public goods, public services, services of general interest and the non-profit sector are not subject to the rules on competition, State ...[+++]aid, public procurement and the internal market, but form a sector which is guided solely by the public interest and which is organised according to the principle of subsidiarity within the sole competence of the Member States and their respective regional and local authorities to ensure their proper functioning;

5. Notes the Commission's first biennial report on the situation of social services of general interest in the EU; insists that the issue of services of general interest is another important point as regards the revision of the Treaties; in this connection, emphasises the need for clear provisions in EU primary law to ensure that public goods, public services, services of general interest and the non-profit sector are not subject to the rules on competition, state aid, p ...[+++]ublic procurement and the internal market, but form a sector which is guided solely by the public interest and which is organised according to the principle of subsidiarity within the sole competency of the Member States and their respective regional and local authorities to ensure their proper functioning;

On the basis of Article 13 of the Treaty, the Council has adopted the following directives: Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin which prohibits discrimination based on racial or ethnic origin in, inter alia, employment, vocational training, education, goods and services and social protection, Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation which prohibits discrimination in employment and occupation on the grounds of religion or belief, disability, age and sexual ...[+++]orientation, and Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services

a comprehensive interregional association agreement should be secured by 2010 in order to provide a legal basis and full geographical scope for the different aspects of the bi-regional partnership and to pursue the ultimate goal of gradual reciprocal liberalisation, on a bilateral preferential basis, of trade in every category of goods and services (subject to the restrictions appropriate to economic services of general interest) within the bi-regional bloc, in accordance with WTO rules;