Recital 4 Used in light of the CER directive

More generally, the list of essential services means a service which is crucial for the maintenance of vital societal functions, economic activities, public health and safety, or the environment; should be used in the light of all the relevant provisions of Directive (EU) 2022/2557. This includes the definition of essential services means a service which is crucial for the maintenance of vital societal functions, economic activities, public health and safety, or the environment; as services that are crucial for the maintenance of vital societal functions, economic activities, public health and safety, or the environment, as well as the definition of a public administration entity means an entity recognised as such in a Member State in accordance with national law, not including the judiciary, parliaments or central banks, which complies with the following criteria: it is established for the purpose of meeting needs in the general interest and does not have an industrial or commercial character; it has legal personality or is entitled by law to act on behalf of another entity with legal personality; it is financed, for the most part, by the State authorities or by other central-level bodies governed by public law, is subject to management supervision by those authorities or bodies, or has an administrative, managerial or supervisory board, more than half of whose members are appointed by the State authorities or by other central-level bodies governed by public law; it has the power to address to natural or legal persons administrative or regulatory decisions affecting their rights in the cross-border movement of persons, goods, services or capital. and the provisions on that Directive’s scope. Pursuant to Article 1(6) of Directive (EU) 2022/2557, public administration entities means an entity recognised as such in a Member State in accordance with national law, not including the judiciary, parliaments or central banks, which complies with the following criteria: it is established for the purpose of meeting needs in the general interest and does not have an industrial or commercial character; it has legal personality or is entitled by law to act on behalf of another entity with legal personality; it is financed, for the most part, by the State authorities or by other central-level bodies governed by public law, is subject to management supervision by those authorities or bodies, or has an administrative, managerial or supervisory board, more than half of whose members are appointed by the State authorities or by other central-level bodies governed by public law; it has the power to address to natural or legal persons administrative or regulatory decisions affecting their rights in the cross-border movement of persons, goods, services or capital. that carry out their activities in the areas of national security, public security, defence or law enforcement, including investigation, detection and prosecution of criminal offences are excluded.