53Moreover, the Court has repeatedly held that, in the light of the dual objective of opening up competition and transparency pursued by the directives on the coordination of the procedures for the award of public contracts, the term ‘contracting authority’ must be interpreted in functional terms (see, in particular, Case C-237/99 Commission v France [2001] ECR I-939, paragraphs 41 to 43, and Case C-470/99 Universale-Bau and Others [2002] ECR I-11617, paragraphs 51 to 53). The Court has also stated that, in the light of that dual purpose, the term ‘body governed by public law’ must be interpreted broadly (Case C-373/00 Adolf Truley [2003] ECR-1931, paragraph 43).
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