Please stop calling me dumb. I'm not dumb. This is my second time asking.
I don't think it's being used in a legal sense in the statement quotes in this article. If it is, I'm not sure how "private entity" is defined in the EU, France, and Germany.
"Private entity" actually is clear in common English, but my experience is that governments tend to take words from common English and use them differently.
If you have specific legal experience with this term in a particular legal jurisdiction---and you very well might---it would be helpful to say so.
I don't think it's being used in a legal sense in the statement quotes in this article. If it is, I'm not sure how "private entity" is defined in the EU, France, and Germany.
"Private entity" actually is clear in common English, but my experience is that governments tend to take words from common English and use them differently.
If you have specific legal experience with this term in a particular legal jurisdiction---and you very well might---it would be helpful to say so.