89Second, the Federal Republic of Germany did not challenge the Commission’s assertion that the local authorities which awarded the various contracts identified in the action are contracting authorities within the meaning of Article 1(b) of Directive 92/50 or Article 1(9) of Directive 2004/18 (see, to that effect, Case C-126/03 Commission v Germany [2004] ECR I-11197, paragraph 18).
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