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Competition and Consumer Protection in the Sector of Waterworks and Sewerage Services

Author(s): Luiza Mańkowska-Wróbel
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Law on Economics, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Instytut Badań Rynku, Konsumpcji i Koniunktur
Keywords: waterworks and sewerage services; competition and consumer protection; natural monopoly;

Summary/Abstract: An aim of considerations is to present the basic principles of competition and consumer protection as well as to indicate the most often occurring irregularities in the market for waterworks and sewerage services in the light of case laws of the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection. Moreover, in her article, the author discussed the specificity of rendering waterworks and sewerage services provided under the conditions of natural monopoly of the network character as well as she presented the basic legal regulations in this respect in force in the European Union and in Poland. The article is a case study.

  • Issue Year: 359/2015
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 100-110
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish