Modernisierung der Wasserwirtschaft im Spannungsfeld von Umweltschutz und Wettbewerb– Braucht Deutschland eine Rechtsgrundlage für dieVergabe von Wasserversorgungskonzessionen?

The working report looks at the actual situation of the German water market, the only infrastructuremarket the EU has not encouraged to deregulate until now. Especially importantfactors are the environmental relevance of the water market and the importance of water as afood. At the moment, however, there is a significant structural change taking place in theGerman water market. This is due to EU initiatives in the areas of Public Private Partnership(PPP) and, in general, to the allocation of public concessions as well as to a considerable needof modernisation and financing of German water management. The working report presentsthe current situation of this development and based on this tries to develop a sensible concessionmodel for a competitive German water management. That is the only way to achieve thenecessary legal security for PPP and its financing in water management.