Takes the view that the special conditions for the functioning of services of general interest in transport should be treated through sectoral legislation adapted to this sector (state aid rules, public procurement, and so on); recalls, however, that, as an SGI activity, transport should also be subject to the application of general rules which would be contained in a general legislative framework defining the concept and criteria, that would apply to economic and non-economic SGIs as well as the principles guaranteeing the proper functioning of these activities, such as continuity, accessibility, consumer protection and user protection;
4. uzskata, ka nozaru tiesību aktos jāietver īpaši attiecīgajai nozarei pielāgoti noteikumi vispārējas nozīmes pakalpojumiem transporta nozarē (valsts atbalsta noteikumi, valsts iepirkums utt.); taču atgādina, ka transportam kā VNP daļai jāievēro arī vispārējie noteikumi, ko paredz vispārējais tiesiskais regulējums, kas nosaka koncepciju un kritērijus vispārējiem pakalpojumiem ar tautsaimniecisku nozīmi un bez tās, kā arī principus, kas garantē šo darbību pienācīgu norisi, tostarp noturīgumu, pieejamību, klientu un lietotāju aizsardzību;