Services of General Economic Interest in the Telecommunications Sector

Aleksander Maziarz, Nov 11, 2015

EU law does not provide a definition of Services of General Economic Interest (“SGEI”); simply, it gives a wide discretion in the introduction of these services and their performance to the Member States. But this does not mean that every service can be regarded as SGEI; such status can be given only to those services which are indispensable for every member of society. Moreover,such services need to be supported by the state because of the market failure in