All procuring entities whose procurement is covered by the EEA utilities directive which are contracting authorities (i.e. those covered under Annex 1 and Annex 2) or public undertakings¹ and which have as one of their activities any of those referred to below or any combination thereof:

a the provision or operation of fixed networks intended to provide a service to the public in connection with the production, transport or distribution of drinking water or the supply of drinking water to such networks;

b the provision or operation of fixed networks intended to provide a service to the public in connection with the production, transport or distribution of electricity or the supply of electricity to such networks;

c the provision of airport or other terminal facilities to carriers by air;

d the provision of maritime or inland port or other terminal facilities to carriers by sea or inland waterway;

e the provision or operation of networks² providing a service to the public in the field of transport by urban railway, automated systems, tramway, trolley bus, bus or cable.

Referenced Notes:

1 According to the EEA utilities directive, a public undertaking is any undertaking over which the contracting authorities may exercise directly or indirectly a dominant influence by virtue of their ownership of it, their financial participation therein, or the rules which govern it.
A dominant influence on the part of the contracting authorities shall be presumed when these authorities, directly or indirectly, in relation to an undertaking:
- hold the majority of the undertaking's subscribed capital, or
- control the majority of the votes attaching to shares issued by the undertaking, or
- can appoint more than half of the undertaking's administrative, management or supervisory body.

2 As regards transport services, a network shall be considered to exist where the service is provided under operating conditions laid down by a competent authority, such as conditions on the routes to be served, the capacity to be made available or the frequency of the service.