Definition Public Sector Body

A public sector body is defined as follows.

  1. “Public sector body” means the State, regional, or local authorities, bodies governed by public law, and associations formed by one or several such authorities.
  2. “Body governed by public law” means anybody:

    • 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;

  3. or subject to management supervision by those bodies;

  4. 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.

Published 11 Apr 2019
Last updated 15 Jul 2024
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