55It is apparent from the rules thus identified in the case-law of the Court that an entity's private law status does not constitute a criterion for precluding it from being classified as a contracting authority within the meaning of Article 1(b) of Directives 92/50, 93/36 and 93/37 and, accordingly, of Article 1(1) of Directive 89/665.
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