Services of General Economic Interest as a Constitutional Concept of EU Law

Part I. No Exit from EU Market Law for Public Services

1. Introduction: The Constitutionalisation of the EU Concept of SGEI as a Story of Exit, Voice and Loyalty for Public Services in EU Law
Caroline Wehlander

Part II. SGEI as a Constitutional Voice for Public Services in EU Law

2. “Economic Activity”: Criteria and Relevance in the Fields of EU Internal Market Law, Competition Law and Procurement Law
Caroline Wehlander

3. The Importance of SGEI in the Post-Lisbon Treaties
Caroline Wehlander

4. SGEI as a Ground for a Special Regime in the Case Law of the CJEU Related to Public Services
Caroline Wehlander

5. Meaning of the EU Concept of SGEI Emerging from the CJEU Case Law
Caroline Wehlander

6. Conclusions of Part II: SGEI Emerges as a Broad “Voice” in EU Constitutional Law
Caroline Wehlander

Part III. The Cost of Loyalty, the Relationship Between EU Procurement and State Aid Legislation on Social Services and the Treaty Rules on SGEI, with a Case Study on Swedish Systems of Choice

7. EU Legislation on Public Procurement and State Aid: What Is the Pressure on Member States to Enforce SGEI Principles in the Field of Social Services?
Caroline Wehlander

8. Social Services Under the Competence of Swedish Local and Regional Authorities: SGEI?
Caroline Wehlander

9. Compatibility Between EU Secondary Law on SGEIs and Systems of Choice in Swedish Law: The Cases of Elderly Care and School Education
Caroline Wehlander

10. Conclusions of Part III: EU Market Governance of Social Services a Democratic Issue
Caroline Wehlander

Keywords: Law, European Law