V tem členu "povezano podjetje" pomeni vsako podjetje, katerega letni računovodski izkazi so konsolidirani z izkazi naročnika, v skladu z zahtevami sedme Direktive Sveta 83/349/EGS z dne 13. junija 1983 o konsolidiranih računovodskih izkazih, ki temelji na členu 44(2)(g) Pogodbe [27] [28], ali pri subjektih, za katere se ne uporablja ta direktiva, vsako podjetje, na katero ima naročnik lahko posredno ali neposredno prevladujoč vpliv v smislu člena 2(1)(b) te direktive ali ki ima lahko prevladujoč vpliv na naročnika ali je skupaj z naročnikom pod prevladujočim vplivom drugega podjetja na podlagi lastništva, finančne udeležbe ali pravil, ki urejajo njegovo delovanje.
For the purposes of this Article, "affiliated undertaking" means any undertaking the annual accounts of which are consolidated with those of the contracting entity in accordance with the requirements of the Seventh Council Directive 83/349/EEC of 13 June 1983 based on the Article 44(2)(g) of the Treaty on consolidated accounts(27)(28), or, in the case of entities not subject to that Directive, any undertaking over which the contracting entity may exercise, directly or indirectly, a dominant influence within the meaning of Article 2(1)(b) hereof or which may exercise a dominant influence over the contracting entity or which, in common with the contracting entity, is subject to the dominant influence of another undertaking by virtue of ownership, financial participation, or the rules which govern it.