Definition Public Body

• established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character; and

• having legal personality and

• financed, for the most part, by the State, regional or local authorities, or other bodies governed by public law;

or subject to management supervision by those bodies;

or having an administrative, managerial, or supervisory board, more than half of whose members are appointed by the State, regional, or local authorities or by other bodies governed by public law.