26Moreover, the extensive powers of inspection conferred on private bodies by Article 9(3) of Regulation No 2092/91, read in conjunction with Annex III thereto, attest to a direct and specific connection with the exercise of official authority. In that regard, the facts that private bodies take responsibility for the administrative and technical aspects of inspections and that those bodies are linked to the operators they inspect by a contract governed by private law do not affect the classification of their activities, as is clear from the Courts case-law, in particular Case C-55/93 van Schaik [1994] ECR I-4837, paragraph 16).
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