Acta Universitatis Danubius. Juridica, Vol 1, No 1 (2005)

Abstract

This article analyzes, on the one hand, the role of services of general interest and the notion of public service obligation under the Communitarian law, and on the other hand, the way in which Communitarian law (which, after Romania's adhesion, became national law by transforming the communitarian acquis into the preferred national law) will influence and enrich Romanian public service. The article deals with the new obligations imposed by the Communitarian law to the Romanian public services. Also, the paper takes into consideration the new functions which the Romanian state will have to accomplish due to the opening of the economy’s competition and its sectors, which remained until now the monopoly of the state and they are responsible for the issues of general interest. Redefining the relationship between the institutions with the role of general interest and public service will be also brought into attention, in this article.