public service contract
as defined in Regulation (EC) N o 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of…, Article 2, point (i) (Definitions)
(i)
‘public service contract’ means one or more legally binding acts confirming the agreement between a competent authority and a public service operator to entrust to that public service operator the management and operation of public passenger transport services subject to public service obligations; depending on the law of the Member State, the contract may also consist of a decision adopted by the competent authority:
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taking the form of an individual legislative or regulatory act, or
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containing conditions under which the competent authority itself provides the services or entrusts the provision of such services to an internal operator;