- In order not to affect the follow-up to the Commission White Paper on services of general interest and the possible future adoption of a framework Directive on services of general interest, this Directive should not apply to services which the Member States and/or the Community subject to specific requirements that are imposed on the provider of the service in order to ensure that certain public interest objectives, such as public health, welfare, education, social policy, cultural diversity, protection of the environment, public policy, by virtue of a general interest criterion.
In order not to affect the follow-up to the Commission White Paper on services of general interest and the possible future adoption of a framework Directive on services of general interest, this Directive should not apply to services which the Member States and/or the Community subject to specific requirements that are imposed on the provider of the service in order to ensure that certain public interest objectives, such as public health, welfare, education, social policy, cultural diversity, protection of the environment, public policy, by virtue of a general interest criterion.