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 a...