17It is thus clear from the settled case-law of the Court that activities pursued as public authorities within the meaning of the first subparagraph of Article 4(5) of the Sixth Directive are those engaged in by bodies governed by public law under the special legal regime applicable to them and do not include activities pursued by them under the same legal conditions as those that apply to private economic operators (see in particular Case C-276/97 Commission v France, [2000] ECR I-6251, paragraph 40, Case C-358/97 Commission v Ireland, [2000] ECR I-6301, paragraph 38, Case C-359/97 Commission v United Kingdom, [2000] ECR I-6355, paragraph 50, Case C-408/97 Commission v Netherlands, [2000] ECR I-6417, paragraph 35, and Case C-260/98 Commission v Greece, [2000] ECR I-6537, paragraph 35.
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