Die Fallstudie über die Berliner Wasserbetriebe analysiert im ersten Schritt, wie es zu der Teilprivatisierung im Jahr 1999 kam, wie diese verlaufen ist und abschließend, warum in den Jahren 2012 und 2013 die Rekommunalisierung durchgeführt wurde. Zur Beantwortung der Fragen wird zunächst...

The case study analyses the Berliner Wasserbetriebe, the water and sewage company in Berlin. In the first step it searches for reasons leading to the partial privatization in 1999 and specifies its process, in order to understand why in 2012 and 2013 the Berliner Wasserbetriebe were...

During 2009-2011, the Scientific Commission “Public Economy, Public Services” of CIRIEC International has embarked on a series of researches on local public services bearing fruit in national sectoral monographs. The water sector is one of the sectors analysed. This first synthesis of nine...

France is the European country where water service delegated management to private companies is most developed. Here, about only 21% of the population in water supply and 47% in wastewater treatment are served by a public operator through a direct management (régie). This paper analyses the...

France is the European country where water service delegated management to private companies is most developed. Here, about only 21% of the population in water supply and 47% in wastewater treatment are served by a public operator through a direct management (régie). This paper analyses the...

A partir de 1986 la Unión Europea adelantó un proceso de liberalización progresiva de los servicios públicos en sus redes de comunicaciones, transporte y energía. Su regulación cubre tres grandes cuestiones: cuáles son sus objetivos, qué funciones incluye, y a qué nivel ponerla en...

From 1985 until 2009, water distribution service has been delegated to private operators in Paris. Starting from 2001, a progressive process of re-publicisation (in the sense of a reappropriation by the local authority of its role of organising authority) has been developed. It has led to the...