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Public Services and the European Union

Healthcare, Health Insurance and Education Services

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Authors:
  1. Laura Nistor

    1. , DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

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  • Makes clear the objections
  • Member States have to EU law with respect to welfare services
  • Answers questions related to EU law and welfare systems
  • Offers alternative solutions to the negative harmonization process

Part of the book series: Legal Issues of Services of General Interest (LEGAL)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Laura Nistor
    Pages 1-8

  3. The Organisation of Welfare

    • Laura Nistor
    Pages 9-27

  4. The Reach of Internal Market Rules

    • Laura Nistor
    Pages 29-138

  5. The Application of the Rules on Competition

    • Laura Nistor
    Pages 139-281

  6. Positive and Soft Law

    • Laura Nistor
    Pages 283-397

  7. Conclusions

    • Laura Nistor
    Pages 399-413

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 415-445
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About this book

Politically sensitive and economically important, welfare services such as health care, health insurance and education have opened up a heated debate in the EU. The application of EU law to welfare services raises discontent from the part of the Member States who perceive their systems to be under threat. Resisting to the application of the EU law is sometimes seen as part of protecting those values. This book suggests that this resistance is largely unjustified. EU law is not damaging to welfare systems, but it provides adequate balancing mechanisms to ensure that all interests are protected. The approach taken in analysing the impact of EU law on welfare services is to look at the negative integration process and answer the questions related to the extent to which EU law applies to welfare services and the kinds of safeguards the Court offers for these services. The proportionality principle distinguishes itself as the central element in balancing national and Community interests.Being part of the broader integration process, negative harmonization creates legislative lacunae, and therefore, this book also looks at alternative solutions to the negative harmonization process, namely positive and soft law.

Authors and Affiliations

  • , DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

    Laura Nistor

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Public Services and the European Union

  • Book Subtitle: Healthcare, Health Insurance and Education Services

  • Authors: Laura Nistor

  • Series Title: Legal Issues of Services of General Interest

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-6704-805-7

  • Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press The Hague

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-6704-804-0Published: 04 September 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-6704-836-1Published: 27 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-90-6704-805-7Published: 15 September 2011

  • Series ISSN: 3004-9962

  • Series E-ISSN: 3004-9970

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 446

  • Topics: European Law

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