40The Court has already held that the second subparagraph of Article 1(b) of Directive 92/50 draws a distinction between needs in the general interest not having an industrial or commercial character and needs in the general interest having an industrial or commercial character (see, inter alia, BFI Holding, paragraph 36, and Agorà and Excelsior, paragraph 32). To give a useful answer to the questions put, it must first be ascertained whether activities such as those at issue in the main proceedings in fact meet needs in the general interest and then, if necessary, it must be determined whether such needs have an industrial or commercial character.
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