Europäische Liberalisierungstendenzen: Auswirkungen auf die kommunale Wasserwirtschaft in Deutschland
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Kraemer, R. Andreas, Britta Pielen und Nadine Herbke (2005): "Europäische Liberalisierungstendenzen. Auswirkungen auf die kommunale Wasserwirtschaft in Deutschland".
European Commission plans indicate that the water supply should no longer be subject to municipal self-administration, but instead to European competition rules, and maybe even to a mandatory tendering procedure. Such a development would have far-reaching effects on the German drinking water supply, which is characterised by strong communal influence.
This article first introduces present activities of the German water sector towards modernisation. It then discusses in detail several documents which suggest a trend towards broader market opening at European level. Finally, it gives a first evaluation of the consequences of these trends on the German water sector.
This activity is linked to the EUROMARKET project in which Ecologic is participating.