Sodišče Evropskih skupnosti je na primer presodilo, da ustanova, ki nadzira zračni prostor in pobira pristojbine za uporabo svojega sistema zračne plovbe [10], ali zasebna pravna oseba, ki izvaja nadzor zračnega onesnaženja v obmorskem pristanišču [11], izvršuje pooblastila, ki so značilna za suverena pooblastila in ki niso gospodarske narave.
The European Court of Justice has held, for example, that an organism controlling and supervising the air space and collecting charges for the use of its air navigation system(10), or a private law body carrying out anti-pollution surveillance in a sea port(11), exercise powers which are typically those of a public authority and which are not of an economic nature.