Movement of selected public  Folie 2
                                 sectors 
             towards private structures
        Public administration           PPP                Private sector
        •                                              •
        Rail                                           Post
        •                                              •
        Waterways                                      Telecommunications
                        •                              •
                        Road                           Energy supply
                     •Defence
        •                      •                       •
        Water supply            Water supply           Water supply
        •                      •                       •
        Health care             Health care            Health care
        •                      •                       •
        Social services         Social services        Social services
        •                      •                       •
        Waste disposal          Waste disposal         Waste disposal
        •                      •                       •
        Sewage disposal         Sewage disposal        Sewage disposal
                                                                                                  Folie 3
                               Types of PPP contracts
                                          - in German law -
                                    Differences and core content
     Acquisition model              Hire-purchase of facility/asset
     Owner model                    Planning, construction, financing, operation under ownership
                                    of the principal
     Leasing model                  Rent with option to buy
     Rent model                     Contract for rent extending beyond 10 years 
     Contracting model              Contract to operate the facility/asset
     Licence model                  Operation of facility/asset with user fees collected privately
     Company model                  Operation by way of project group
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                                          - example -
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                            History of PPP at EU level
     07 May 2003    Commission publishes “Internal market strategy – priorities 2003 – 2006”, which highlights the need 
                    to clarify legal issues relating to PPP. The publication of a green paper on PPP is announced. 
     21 May 2003    Commission publishes Green Paper on services of general interest. This paper entails a substantial 
                    review of the Commission's service policy and asks whether a general legal framework should be 
                    created at Community level for services of general interest. The Commission plans top publish a 
                    green paper on public procurements and on PPP in the second half of the year.
     30 Apr 2004    Commission adopts Green Paper
     30 Apr 2004    Forwarded to the Council 
     30 Apr 2004    Forwarded to the European Parliament (EP)
     27 Oct 2004    Opinion by the European Economic and Social Committee
     17 Nov 2004    Opinion by the Committee of the Regions
     End 2005       Commission announces resolution on further PPP legislation for the end of 2006
     26 Oct 2006    Resolution by EP 
                     
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            History of PPP at federal level in Germany
          Apr    2001     Federal Chancellor sets up “Kanzler-AG”
          Jun    2002     Federal Chancellor announces PPP competence centre
          Jul    2002     Steering committee (SC): “PPP in public construction works”
          Feb    2003     PPP federal study commissioned
          Jul    2003     Bundestag adopts motion for PPP resolution
          Dec    2003     Agreement by federal states ministers responsible for building
          Dec    2003     SC: Recommendations for framework conditions
          Nov    2004     Members’ initiative “PPPs Acceleration Act”
          Dec    2004     Agreement by federal state ministers responsible for finance (FMK)
          Jul    2004     PPP Task Force set up
          May 2005        Creation of federal PPP competence network
          Sep    2005     PPPs Acceleration Act comes into force
          Sep    2006     FMK decision: Standard guidelines on examining profitability
          Source: PPP Task Force, Federal Ministry for Transport, Building and Urban Affairs