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Article 36 - Access to services of general economic interest

The Union recognises and respects access to services of general economic interest as provided for in national laws and practices, in accordance with the Treaties, in order to promote the social and territorial cohesion of the Union.

CHARTERPEDIA RESOURCES

Explanations

  • Text:

    This Article is fully in line with Article 14 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and does not create any new right. It merely sets out the principle of respect by the Union for the access to services of general economic interest as provided for by national provisions, when those provisions are compatible with Union law.

    Source:
    Official Journal of the European Union C 303/17 - 14.12.2007
    Preamble - Explanations relating to the Charter of Fundamental Rights:
    These explanations were originally prepared under the authority of the Praesidium of the Convention which drafted the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Although they do not as such have the status of law, they are a valuable tool of interpretation intended to clarify the provisions of the Charter.

Case Law References

  • CJEU - C-121/15 / Judgment
    Association nationale des opérateurs détaillants en énergie (ANODE) v. Premier ministre and Others
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  • CJEU Case C-5/19 / Judgment
    „Оvergas Mrezhi“ AD and „Balgarska gazova asotsiatsia“ v Komisia za energiyno i vodno regulirane (KEVR)
    Decision date:

National Constitutional Law

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  • ΜΕΡΟΣ 02: Περί των Θεμελιωδών Δικαιωμάτων και Ελευθεριών
    URL:
    ΜΕΡΟΣ 02: Περί των Θεμελιωδών Δικαιωμάτων και Ελευθεριών
    Country:
    Cyprus

    ΑΡΘΡΟΝ 25(3). Κατ’ εξαίρεσιν των προμνησθεισών διατάξεων του παρόντος άρθρου ο νόμος δύναται να ορίση, εφ’ όσον τούτο συνάδη προς το δημόσιον συμφέρον, ότι ωρισμέναι επιχειρήσεις παρέχουσαι ουσιώδη δημοσίαν υπηρεσίαν ή σχετικαί προς την εκμετάλλευσιν των πηγών ενεργείας ή άλλων φυσικών πόρων θα ασκώνται αποκλειστικώς υπό της Δημοκρατίας ή υπό δήμου ή υπό νομικού προσώπου δημοσίου δικαίου ιδρυομένου προς τον σκοπόν τούτον υπό του ανωτέρω νόμου και διοικουμένου υπό τον έλεγχον της Δημοκρατίας και του οποίου το κεφάλαιον δύναται να προέρχηται εκ δημοσίων και ιδιωτικών πόρων ή μόνον εξ εκατέρας των πηγών τούτων.

  • Το Σύνταγμα της Ελλάδας
    URL:
    To Σύνταγμα της Ελλάδας
    Country:
    Greece

    Άρθρο 106 (3) Mε την επιφύλαξη της πρoστασίας πoυ παρέχεται από τo άρθρo 107 ως πρoς την επανεξαγωγή κεφαλαίων εξωτερικoύ, μπoρεί να ρυθμίζoνται με νόμo τα σχετικά με την εξαγoρά επιχειρήσεων ή την αναγκαστική συμμετoχή σ’ αυτές τoυ Kράτoυς ή άλλων δημόσιων φoρέων, εφόσoν oι επιχειρήσεις αυτές έχoυν χαρακτήρα μoνoπωλίoυ ή ζωτική σημασία για την αξιoπoίηση των πηγών τoυ εθνικoύ πλoύτoυ, ή έχoυν ως κύριo σκoπό την παρoχή υπηρεσιών στo κoινωνικό σύνoλo. [...]

  • КОНСТИТУЦИЯ на Република България
    URL:
    КОНСТИТУЦИЯ на Република България
    Country:
    Bulgaria

    Чл. 19(1) Икономиката на Република България се основава на свободната стопанска инициатива.(2) Законът създава и гарантира на всички граждани и юридически лица еднакви правни условия за стопанска дейност, като предотвратява злоупотребата с монополизма, нелоялната конкуренция и защитава потребителя.(3) Инвестициите и стопанската дейност на български и чуждестранни граждани и юридически лица се закрилят от закона.(4) Законът създава условия за коопериране и други форми на сдружаване на гражданите и юридическите лица за постигане на стопански и социален напредък.

EU Law

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  • Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
    URL:
    https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:12012E/TXT&from=EN

    Article 14

    (ex Article 16 TEC)

    Without prejudice to Article 4 of the Treaty on European Union or to Articles 93, 106 and 107 of this Treaty, and given the place occupied by services of general economic interest in the shared values of the Union as well as their role in promoting social and territorial cohesion, the Union and the Member States, each within their respective powers and within the scope of application of the Treaties, shall take care that such services operate on the basis of principles and conditions, particularly economic and financial conditions, which enable them to fulfil their missions. The European Parliament and the Council, acting by means of regulations in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, shall establish these principles and set these conditions without prejudice to the competence of Member States, in compliance with the Treaties, to provide, to commission and to fund such services.

  • Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 concerning measures to safeguard security of gas supply and repealing Council Directive 2004/67/EC
    URL:
    Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 (EU-REGULATIONS)

    This Regulation establishes provisions aimed at safeguarding the security of gas supply by ensuring the proper and continuous functioning of the internal market in natural gas (gas), by allowing for exceptional measures to be implemented when the market can no longer deliver the required gas supplies and by providing for a clear definition and attribution of responsibilities among natural gas undertakings, the Member States and the Union regarding both preventive action and the reaction to concrete disruptions of supply. This Regulation also provides transparent mechanisms, in a spirit of solidarity, for the coordination of planning for, and response to, an emergency at Member State, regional and Union levels.’ (Article 1)  

International Law

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Publications and data

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  • Fundamental Rights Report
    5
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    Fundamental Rights Report 2024

    FRA’s Fundamental Rights Report 2024 analyses the year’s developments in fundamental rights. It focuses on the most pressing fundamental rights concerns facing Europe in 2023: the cost-of-living crisis, rights concerns at the EU’s external borders and migration, and threats to democracy. Re-structured, this year’s new approach is a shorter and sharper analysis. It also presents FRA’s opinions on these developments, including a summary of the evidence supporting these opinions.
  • Report / Paper / Summary
    14
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    Protecting fundamental rights during the economic crisis

    Following the outburst of the economic crisis in the autumn of 2008, the FRA has monitored the development of the situation from the perspective of fundamental rights.