30Those preliminary observations made, it must be noted that, under the definition set out in points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 2, point 2, of Directive 2003/4, ‘public authorities’ subject, as such, to the obligation to give access to the public to environmental information held by them, are bodies and institutions under the aegis of the ‘government or other public administration, including public advisory bodies, at national, regional or local level’, and any natural or legal person performing, under national law, ‘public administrative functions …, including specific duties, activities or services in relation to the environment’. Under point (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 2, point 2, of that directive, ‘public authorities’ are also natural or legal persons ‘having public responsibilities or functions, or providing public services, relating to the environment under the control of a body or person falling within (a) or (b)’.
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