THE JURIDICAL CATEGORY OF "PRIVATE SERVICES THAT ARE OF PUBLIC INTEREST". THE CASE OF RIVERS SURVEILLANCE BOARDS

Abstract

This article explains the background of the current configuration of public services, introducing and characterizing the types of Private Services of Public Interest (SPIP, for its name in Spanish). Following, there is the analysis of one case rivers surveillance tables on a factual and normative level. Finally, the adequate representation of the SPIP will be verified through the analyzed case, and especially how and up to what limit its theoretical prescriptions are honored as opposed to reality. The closure of the article contains the corresponding conclusions.