The issue of concessional water utility operation
The issue of concessional water utility operation Prepared by: Dr. Iván Szabó, solicitor 1054 Budapest, Alkotmány u 4. szabo.ivan@drszaboivan.hu 2018. The issue of concessional water utility operation In 2011, Act CCIX of 2011 on Water Utility Service (hereinafter referred to as Water Utility Service Act) introduced a type requirement for the contracts on the operation of the water utility assets; eliminating the preceding legal chaos in the operation of water utilities. [1] Paragraph (2) of Section 15 of the Water Utility Service Act distinguishes three types of operation contracts: leasing-operation contracts, asset-management contracts, and concession contracts. [2] To ensure the functioning of the type requirement, the Water Utility Service Act subjected the legal relationship between the party responsible for supply and the service provider to the preliminary approval of the Hungarian Energy and