Presents, analyses and indicates the implications of the changing role of Social Services of General Interests (SSGI's) not only at the EU level but also in relation to traditional competition/internal market law

A comparative approach both from the Member States' and the EU perspective

Contributions of SSGI experts on topical and highly politically sensitive issues

Autorentext

Ulla Neergaard is Professor of EU law at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Erika Szyszczak is a Jean Monnet Professor of European Law ad personam, Professor of European Competition and Labour Law at the University of Leicester, Barrister, Littleton Chambers, UK. Johan W. van de Gronden is Professor of European Law at the Radboud University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Markus Krajewski is Professor of Public and International law at the University of Erlangen-Nurem­berg.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Unity and Diversity of SSGIs in the European Union.- Welfare States and Social Europe.- Social Services of General Interest the EU Competence Regime and a Constitution of Social Governance.- SSGIs and Solidarity: Constitutive Elements of the EU's Social Market Economy?- Free Movement of Services and the Right of Establishment in the Services Directive: Does EU Internal Market Law Transform the Provision of SSGIs?- Free Movement of Workers and Union Citizens.- Freedom to Fund?: The Effects of the Internal Market Rules, With Particular Emphasis on Free Movement of Capital.- The Concept of SSGI and the Asymmetries between Free Movement and Competition Law.- Public Distortions of Competition The Importance of Article 106 TFEU and the State Action Doctrine.- Private Distortions of Competition and SSGIs.- Social Services of General Interest and the State Aid Rules.- Soft Law and Safe Havens.- Social Services of General Interest and the EU Public Procurement Rules.- Preserving General Interest in Healthcare through Secondary and Soft EU Law: The Case of the Patients' Rights Directive.- The Scope of the EU 'Pensions'-Directive: Some Background and Solutions for Policymakers.- The Political Economy of Regulating Longevity Insurance in the EU.- SSGIs in Sweden With a Special Emphasis on Education.- Social Services of General Interest in Germany.- Changes and Challenges in UK Social Services: Social Services of General Interest or 'Welfare' Services of General Economic Interest?- The Provision of Social Services in Italy between Federalization and Europeanization.- SSGIs in the Czech Republic.- Conclusions.- Table of Cases.