1. For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions apply:

(1) "contracting authorities" means the State, regional or local authorities, bodies governed by public law or associations formed by one or more such authorities or one or more such bodies governed by public law;

(2) "central government authorities" means the contracting authorities listed in Annex I and, in so far as corrections or amendments have been made at national level, their successor entities;

(3) "sub-central contracting authorities" means all contracting authorities which are not central government authorities;