The Regulation of the State in Competitive Markets in the Eu
Erika M. Szyszczak - Hart Pub., 2007
This book looks at the changing role and
nature of the regulation of State intervention in the liberalized and privatized
markets of the European Union. It examines how the traditional role of the State
is now challenged by European Union law, and the implications for traditional
public services provided by the State. For the first time in an academic work,
the book brings together the interaction of the Internal Market and the
Competition rules of the European Union when they are applied to State economic
activity. Individual chapters examine specific rules which address squarely the
permissible role of State activity in competitive markets — an examination of
the State aid rules, the rules in Article 86 EC regulating State monopolies, and
the controversial application of Article 81 EC and Article 82 EC to the State.
Other chapters examine the processes of privatization and liberalization with
case studies on the postal sector, utilities, and
telecommunications.
