Services in the internal market
Key words:
Services in the Internal Market, Services of General Interest, Services Provider, services subject to the Directive on Services in the Internal Market (2006/123/EC), services not subject to the Directive on Services in the Internal Market (2006/123/EC)
Chapter objectives:
- acquiring knowledge about services in the internal market,
- acquiring knowledge about terms service provider, services subject to and not subject to the Directive on Services in the Internal Market (2006/123 / EC),
- understanding the importance of services of general interest.
Time required to study the chapter: 8 hours
Interpretation:
Services in the Internal Market:
Building the European Union's internal market is a long-time process that began in 1951 with signing the Treaties of Rome and is also reflected in documents, namely the White Paper on Completing the Internal Market (COM, 1985), the Cecchini report (Cecchini, 1988), a Single European Act (1986), and others.
Directive on Services in the Internal Market (2006/123/EC).
The aim of the Directive is to achieve the easy providing services between Member States by establishing a general legal framework for the given services, while the way to achieve this is left to each member state. The presumption of a successful liberalization of services in the EU is seen in the freedom of settling and the free movement of services, which are related to the activities open to free competition.
Basic terms according to the Directive:
Service – performances provided for remuneration (for a fee), unless they are governed by the provisions on the free movement of goods, capital and persons.
Services of General Interest:
The term "service of general interest" covers both market and non-market services classified by public authorities as services of general interest subject to specific public service obligations. Thus, the term concerns a wide range of activities of general interest, both economic and non-economic.
Services of general interest of economic nature - services with a certain public interest and are provided for remuneration (e.g. postal services, electricity supply, telecommunications, etc.).
Services of general interest of non-economic nature - services which, like services of general economic interest, fulfill a particular public activity and are generally provided free of charge (e.g. education, social services, etc.).
Services subject to the Directive
- Management consulting services,
- Certification and testing,
- Advertisement,
- Sales representative services,
- Legal or tax advice,
- Real estate services, such as real estate agencies,
- Construction, including architects services,
- Organization of trade fairs,
- Car rental,
- Travel agencies,
- Amusement parks,
- and other.
Services not subject to the Directive
- Services of general interest of non-economic nature,
- Childcare, social housing or services for families,
- Financial services,
- Electronic communications services and networks,
- Services in the field of transport,
- Health services,
- Audiovisual services,
- Gambling,
- Social Services,
- Private security services,
- Services provided by notaries and bailiffs appointed by an official act of the Government,
- Tax services,
and other.
Free movement of services
EU Member States are obliged to respect the right of providers to provide services in a Member State other than the one in which they are established. In addition, Member States must ensure free access to the service activities and the free operation of such activity in their territory.
Service Provider - This is a natural person who is a national of a Member State or a legal person established in a Member State or offering or providing a service.
Single points of contact
Establishing single points of contact is one of the requirements determined by the Directive on Services in the Internal Market 2006/123/EC, which aims to contribute to the simplification of business conditions in the countries of the European Union.
A single point of contact (SPC) represents a place where an entrepreneur entering the market with services of a given state can handle all the procedures and formalities required by this state. SPC helps service providers to get easy access to the markets of other Member States by the possibility to be able to complete all the procedures and formalities needed to access their activities in .the field of services providing.
Study materials:
Basic literature:
DOLEŽELOVÁ, H., HALÁSEK, D. Služby v obecném hospodářském zájmu v EU - Komparace České republiky a Německa. Department of Public Economics Faculty of Economics, VSB-Technical University Ostrava, Czech Republic. 2011. ISBN 978-80-248-2371-3
VAŠTÍKOVÁ, M. Marketing služeb. Grada Publishing, Prague, Czech Republic. 2008. 232 p. ISBN 978-80-247-2721-9
Recommended study materials:
HALÁSEK, Dušan. Ekonomika veřejného sektoru. 1. ed. VSB-Technical University Ostrava, Czech Republic. 2008. IV, 230 p. ISBN 9788024818542
LAMBERT, Douglas M, James R STOCK a Lisa M ELLRAM. Logistika. In: Praxe manažera. ed. 2. Brno: CP Books, Czech Republic. 2005. 589 p. ISBN 80-251-0504-0
Questions and tasks
- Services of general interest of economic nature can be defined as::
performances provided for remuneration (for a fee), unless they are governed by the provisions on the free movement of goods, capital and persons
services with a certain public interest and are provided for remuneration (e.g. postal services, electricity supply, telecommunications, etc.)
management consulting services - Services subject to the Directive on Services in the Internal Market (2006/123/EC) do not include:
market and non-market services
management consulting services
certification and testing - Services not subject to the Directive on Services in the Internal Market (2006/123/EC) do not include:
services of general interest of non-economic nature
financial services
advertisement services - In the context of services in the internal market, the service provider is:
a natural person who is a national of a Member State or a legal person established in a Member State or offering or providing a service.
a natural person who is a national of a Member State or has the rights conferred on him by the Community legislation.
a business entity competent to meet the transport needs incurred on the side of the shipper, offering and performing its own transportation (transfer) activity in space and time - A single point of contact is:
A central node through which logistics chains pass between suppliers and customers. It performs sorting, completion and consolidation of goods, usually in flow (transit) mode.
Place where an entrepreneur entering the market with services of a given state can handle all the procedures and formalities required by this state.
Objects in which operate the transport, logistics, forwarding, distribution and other companies acting in the logistics chain.
Key to solve the questions:
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. A
5. B