Academic appendix

The suggested article is devoted to the assessment of the evolution of the EU legislation in the sphere of the public procurement of services. Basing on the complex analysis of the practice of the Court of Justice the author reveals some character features of a service according to the Treaty establishing the European Community and gives definitions to such notions as services of general interest and services of general economic interest. There also has been given a general characteristic of the basic active legal acts of the EU: the author reveals the contents of such notions as public contract, including public service contract, and contracting authorities; examines the procedures for the award of public service contracts and reveals peculiarities of the award of public contracts for the provision of social services of general interest.