37In reliance on the Court's judgment in Case C-44/96 Mannesmann Anlagenbau Austria and Others [1998] ECR I-73, in which, it says, the Court was concerned to ascertain whether the activity of the entity at issue in that case — the Austrian State printing works — came under an essential prerogative of the State, the French Government considers for its part that the leasing of premises for industrial or commercial use cannot in any case be regarded as within the prerogatives which by their very nature are part of the exercise of public powers. Moreover, because of its commercial character, this activity cannot be compared with those at issue in BFI Holding and Case C-237/99 Commission v France [2001] ECR I-939, namely the collection and treatment of household waste and the construction of social housing.
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