Appearance and Evolution of Public Services in the European Community Space

Services represent a human activity, with a specialized content, that have as a result useful, immaterial and intangible effects, mainly designed to satisfy certain social needs. They are stand-alone, self-contained activities and are organised distinctively into an economic sector known under the name of tertiary sector. Public services are set up in a central position of the comunitary construction, being considered a fundamental pillar of the European Union. For this reason it is neccesary to know the way they have appeared and evolved in the european comunitary space because the influences created by the functioning, the setup, the regulation of public services represent a strong impact in the economic, social, political, cultural life of all citizens.