35In the judgment in Field Fisher Waterhouse (C‑392/11, EU:C:2012:597), the Court ruled that the content of a lease may be a factor of importance. As regards, in that case, a contract for the rent of offices by a law firm, the Court stated that, according to the information available to it, the contract provided that, in addition to the letting of premises, the landlord had to provide the tenant with a number of services resulting in rental charges, non-payment of which could result in termination of the lease. The Court considered that the economic reason for concluding that contract was not only to obtain the right to occupy the premises concerned, but also for the tenant to obtain a number of services. The Court concluded that the lease designated a single supply between the landlord and the tenant. In its analysis, the Court placed itself in the shoes of an average tenant of the commercial premises concerned, that is to say offices for law firms (judgment in Field Fisher Waterhouse, C‑392/11, EU:C:2012:597, paragraph 23).
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