Simon Report: "The reform of the Monti-Kroes Package only a first step!"
English version not available: Link to the French version
Public Services Intergroup: The Reform of the EU State Aid Rules on SGEI Contribution
Brussels, 13 September 2011
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Welcomes the Communication of the European Commission and endorses the objective of providing legal clarification and more certainty for public authorities in delivering public services and of a more diversified and proportionate approach;
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Stresses the importance of SGEI for the shared values of the
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Underlines that SGEI also contribute to the economic performance and competitiveness of Member States and thus, help prevent and overcome economic crises as well as further economic welfare;
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Emphasizes the role of SGI and operators working in this field as a shock absorber in the context of the economic and social crisis that the EU and its
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Public Services Intergroup in favor of an Universal access to banking services
Public Services Intergroup in favor of an Universal access to banking services
According to a study done by the European Commission between 2006 and 2008, nearly 30 million European don't have any bank account . If some of them have made a lifestyle choice, others do not have access. Their financial or business situation is not seen as sufficient for banks, which reserve the right not to grant them banking services. However, financial exclusion is closely linked to social exclusion. How to find a job, move, or have access to the digital economy without having a bank account?
Public services: Barroso's Communication failed
English version not available: Link to the French versionState aid revision: a sense of unfinished business
English version not available: Link to the French versionPublic services: Easied European rules in order to facilitate financing
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E3PO contribution to the Communication « Towards a Single Market Act » and an initiative on concessions
(European Public Private Partnerships operating compagnies in infrastructure and services)
E3PO contribution to the Communication « Towards a Single Market Act » and an initiative on concessions
19 January 2011,
1. Regarding the project on Single Market Act that is currently open to consultation, E3PO considers that the document in its current state as a good working basis. While expecting pending texts announced by the European Commission, E3PO suggests:
- to insist more on the necessity to develop PPP in all forms, in particular concessions, in accordance with the guidelines of the European Commission in the November 2009 Communication on PPP . This is a necessity in order to strengthen the quality and efficiency of public services, which is a prerequisite to the integration and the competitiveness of
- therefore to seek the best ways to mobilize available savings to finance investments in PPP;
- to abolish obstacles to PPP and factors of unfair competition between public management and PPP, particularly of a fiscal nature: the prospect opened by the Green Paper on VAT should be deepened in this direction.E3PO will read with keen interest, as soon as they become available, the proposals of the European Commission aiming at “making the allocation of markets more fluid”, both because they are contractual instruments used in many areas represented by the Association and because of its commitment to maintaining a clear distinction between concessions and public contracts.
CEEP Statement at the EP Public Services Intergroup (4th May 2011)
CEEP Statement at the EP Public Services Intergroup
4th May 2011 - Meeting on the Revision of the Monti Kroes PackageCEEP welcomes the communication on the reform of the EU State Aid Rules on Services of General Economic Interest published in March. The European Commission seeks to achieve a clarification and develop a diversified and proportionate approach, two issues that had been highlighted by CEEP in its former opinions. Public service providers need clarity and legal certainty, but they also need simplicity and a framework enabling them to provide affordable and quality services.
