This article is about public ownership.

Public property is property, which is dedicated to the use of the public. It is a subset of state property. The term may be used either to describe the use to which the property is put, or to describe the character of its ownership (owned collectively by the population of a state). This is in contrast to private property, owned by an individual person or artificial entities that represent the financial interests of persons, such as corporations.
State ownership, also called public ownership, government ownership or state property, are property interests that are vested in the state, rather than an individual or communities.

Contents

1 Crown property
2 Canada
3 See also
4 References

Crown property

In the modern representative democracy, "public property" is said to be owned by the people as a commons or held in trust by the government for common benefit. In many Commonwealth realms, such property is said to be owned by the Crown. Examples include Crown land, Crown copyright, and Crown Dependencies.
Canada

In the Canada, The Public Debt and Property are under the exclusive Legislative Authority of the Parliament of Canada [3] rather than Queen or local authority, according to the Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982, article 91. ..."
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_property]

"EUR-Lex
Directive 2009/140/EC
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Article 9

Management of radio frequencies for electronic communications services

1. Taking due account of the fact that radio frequencies are a public good that has an important social, cultural and economic value, Member States shall ensure the effective management of radio frequencies for electronic communication services in their territory in accordance with Articles 8 and 8a. They shall ensure that spectrum allocation used for electronic communications services and issuing general authorisations or individual rights of use of such radio frequencies by competent national authorities are based on objective, transparent, non-discriminatory and proportionate criteria.

In applying this Article, Member States shall respect relevant international agreements, including the
ITU Radio Regulations, and may take public policy considerations into account.“

( http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:... )


„Влада Републике Србије
Канцеларија за европске интеграције
ЕВРОНИМ / Вишејезична терминолошка база
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SR - јавна добра
EN - public goods
FR - biens publics“
( http://prevodjenje.seio.gov.rs/evronim/ )

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Zaboravila sam da citiram i paralelni englesko-slovenački tekst (EUR-Lex - Directive 2009/140/EC):

EN - Taking due account of the fact that radio frequencies are a public good that has an important social, cultural and economic value, Member States shall ensure the effective management of radio frequencies for electronic communication services in their territory in accordance with Articles 8 and 8a.
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SL - Države članice poskrbijo za učinkovito upravljanje radijskih frekvenc za elektronske komunikacijske storitve na svojem ozemlju v skladu s členoma 8 in 8a, pri čemer je treba upoštevati, da so radijske frekvence javna dobrina z visoko socialno, kulturno in gospodarsko vrednostjo.
( http://eur-lex.europa.eu/Notice.do?mode=dbl&lang=en&ihmlang=... )