44It is therefore apparent that private bodies carry out their activities under the active supervision of the competent public authority which, in the final analysis, is responsible for the inspections and decisions of those bodies, as is demonstrated by that authority's obligations noted in the preceding paragraph of the present judgment. That conclusion is also supported by Paragraph 3(1) of the ÖLG, since it shows that the execution by private bodies of the duties of inspection under Regulation No 2092/91 cannot involve the implementation of an administrative procedure. It follows that the auxiliary and preparatory role devolved on private bodies by that regulation vis-à-vis the supervisory authority cannot be regarded as being directly and specifically connected with the exercise of official authority, within the meaning of Article 55 EC, read in conjunction with the first paragraph of Article 45 EC.
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