49The fact that in some cases objectives of general interest are consistent with the public undertaking’s interest does not, in itself, offer any indication as to the possible involvement or lack of involvement of the public authorities in some way in the adoption of the measure in question. Consequently, the fact that the public undertaking’s interest is consistent with the general interest does not necessarily mean that the undertaking could have taken its decision without taking account of the requirements of the public authorities. The Commission is thus entitled to point out that there is nothing to prevent the public authorities being able to require a public undertaking to conduct an entrepreneurial operation which, although it may, in some circumstances, satisfy the private investor test, can in any event be imputed to the State.
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