Council Directive 89/665/EEC of 21 December 1989 on the coordination of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of review procedures to the award of public supply and public works contracts Basic information CELEX number: 31989L0665Official Journal: JOL_1989_395_R_0033_013 Form: DirectiveProcedure number: --Languages: bg cs da de el en et fi fr hr hu it lv lt mt nl pl pt ro sk sl es sv Dates Date of document: Date of publication: Date of effect: January 3, 1990 Entry into force - Date notif. Date of transposition: Modified by Corrected by: Modified by: All documents based on this document: Modifies Affected by case Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber), 11 September 2014. Ministero dell’Interno v Fastweb SpA. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 89/665/EEC — Article 2d(4) — Interpretation and validity — Procedures for review of the award of public supply and public works contracts — Ineffectiveness of the contract — Exception. Case C‑19/13. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 November 2022. Antea Polsk S.A., 'Pectore-Eco'' sp. z o.o., Instytut Ochrony Środowiska - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy v Państwowe Gospodarstwo Wodne Wody Polskie. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Krajowa Izba Odwoławcza. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public procurement – Directive 2014/24/EU – Principles of awarding contracts – Article 18 – Transparency – Article 21 – Confidentiality – Insertion of those principles in the national legislation – Right of access to the essential content of the information provided by tenderers concerning their experience and references, concerning the persons proposed to carry out the contract and concerning the design of the proposed projects and the manner of performance – Article 67 – Contract award criteria – Criteria relating to the quality of the proposed work or services – Requirement of precision – Directive 89/665/EEC – Article 1(1) and (3) – Right to an effective remedy – Remedy in the event of infringement of that right on account of the refusal to grant access to non-confidential information. Case C-54/21. Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 July 2022. EPIC Financial Consulting Ges.m.b.H. v Republik Österreich and Bundesbeschaffung GmbH. Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public procurement – Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 – Not applicable to procedures for granting an interlocutory injunction and review procedures as referred to in Article 2 of Directive 89/665/EEC in the absence of an international element – Directive 2014/24/EU – Article 33 – Treatment of a framework agreement as a contract, for the purposes of Article 2a(2) of Directive 89/665 – Not possible to award a new public contract where the quantity and/or maximum value of the works, supplies or services concerned laid down by the framework agreement has or have already been reached – National legislation providing for the payment of fees for access to administrative proceedings in the field of public procurement – Obligations to determine and pay the fees for access to proceedings before the court rules on an application for an interlocutory injunction or an action for review – Non-transparent procedure for the award of a public contract – Principles of effectiveness and equivalence – Effectiveness – Right to an effective remedy – Directive 89/665 – Articles 1, 2 and 2a – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – National legislation providing for the dismissal of an action for review where the fees for access to proceedings have not been paid – Determination of the estimated value of a public contract. Joined Cases C-274/21 and C-275/21. A02BISP2 A01P1 A01P1 A02P1 Case C-570/08: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 October 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Anotato Dikastirio tis Kipriakis Dimokratias (Cyprus)) — Simvoulio Apokhetefseon Lefkosias v Anatheoritiki Arkhi Prosforon (Public contracts — Directive 89/665/EEC — Article 2(8) — Body responsible for review procedures that is not judicial in character — Annulment of the contracting authority’s decision to accept a tender — Possibility for the contracting authority to appeal against that annulment before a judicial body) {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 2.8 Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 June 2021. Simonsen & Weel A/S v Region Nordjylland og Region Syddanmark. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Klagenævnet for Udbud. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public procurement – Framework agreement – Directive 2014/24/EU – Article 5(5) – Article 18(1) – Articles 33 and 49 – Points 7, 8 and 10 of Part C of Annex V – Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1986 – Annex II, fields II.1.5 and II.2.6 – Procurement procedures – Obligation to state, in the contract notice or the tender specifications, first, the estimated quantity or the estimated value and, second, the maximum quantity or the maximum value of the supplies under a framework agreement – Principles of transparency and equal treatment – Directive 89/665/EEC – Article 2d(1) – Procedures for review of the award of public contracts – Ineffectiveness of the contract – Exception. Case C-23/20. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 6 June 2024. INGSTEEL spol. s. r. o. v Úrad pre verejné obstarávanie. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Okresný súd Bratislava II. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Review procedures in respect of the award of public supply and public works contracts – Directive 89/665/EEC – Article 2(1)(c) – Compensation awarded to a tenderer unlawfully excluded from a procedure for the award of a public contract – Scope – Loss of opportunity. Case C-547/22. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 11 January 2005. Stadt Halle and RPL Recyclingpark Lochau GmbH v Arbeitsgemeinschaft Thermische Restabfall- und Energieverwertungsanlage TREA Leuna. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Oberlandesgericht Naumburg - Germany. Directive 92/50/EEC - Public service contracts - Award with no public call for tenders - Award of the contract to a semi-public undertaking - Judicial protection - Directive 89/665/EEC. Case C-26/03. Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 7 April 2016. Antonio Tita and Others v Ministero della Giustizia and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale regionale di giustizia amministrativa di Trento. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure — Directive 89/665/EEC — Public procurement — National legislation — Fees for access to administrative proceedings in the field of public procurement — Right to an effective remedy — Dissuasive fees — Judicial review of administrative decisions — Principles of effectiveness and equivalence. Case C-495/14. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 29 July 2019. Hochtief Solutions AG Magyarországi Fióktelepe v Fővárosi Törvényszék. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Székesfehérvári Törvényszék. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Review procedures — Directive 89/665/EEC — Directive 92/13/EEC — Right to effective judicial protection — Principles of effectiveness and equivalence — Action for review of judicial decisions in breach of EU law — Liability of the Member States in the event of infringement of EU law by national courts or tribunals — Assessment of damage eligible for compensation. Case C-620/17. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 7 September 2021. 'Klaipėdos regiono atliekų tvarkymo centras' v UAB. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public procurement – Directive 2014/24/EU – Article 58(3) and (4) – Article 60(3) and (4) – Annex XII – Conduct of procurement procedures – Selection of participants – Selection criteria – Methods of proof – Economic and financial standing of economic operators – Whether the leader of a temporary association of undertakings may rely on income received in relation to a previous public contract in the same area as the public contract at issue including where it did not itself exercise the activity which is the subject matter of the public contract at issue – Technical and professional ability of economic operators – Exhaustive nature of means of proof permitted by the directive – Article 57(4)(h), (6) and (7) – Award of public service contracts – Non-compulsory grounds for exclusion from participation in a procurement procedure – Inclusion on a list of economic operators excluded from procurement procedures – Joint liability of members of a temporary association of undertakings – Personal nature of the penalty – Article 21 – Protection of the confidentiality of information submitted to the contracting authority by an economic operator – Directive (EU) 2016/943 – Article 9 – Confidentiality – Protection of trade secrets – Applicability to procurement procedures – Directive 89/665/EEC – Article 1 – Right to an effective remedy. Case C-927/19. A01P3 A02P1LB A01P1L4 A01P5 Case C-568/08: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Assen — Netherlands) — Combinatie Spijker Infrabouw-De Jonge Konstruktie, van Spijker Infrabouw BV, de Jonge Konstruktie BV v Provincie Drenthe (Public contracts — Procedures for reviewing the award of public works contracts — Directive 89/665/EEC — Duty of Member States to make provision for a review procedure — National legislation permitting a court hearing an application for interim measures to authorise a decision awarding a public contract which may subsequently be held contrary to European Union legal rules by the court hearing the substance of the case — Compatibility with the directive — Award of damages to the tenderers harmed — Conditions) {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 2.6 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 1.3 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 1.1 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 2.1 Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 May 2020. T-Systems Magyarország Zrt. and BKK Budapesti Közlekedési Központ v Közbeszerzési Hatóság Közbeszerzési Döntőbizottság. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public procurement – Award of public contracts – Directive 2014/24/EU – Article 1(2) and Article 72 – Directive 2014/25/EU – Article 1(2) and Article 89 – Procedures for review of the award of public supply and public works contracts – Directive 89/665/EEC – Article 2e(2) – Procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors – Directive 92/13/EEC – Article 2e(2) – Modifications to a contract concluded following a public procurement procedure – No new public procurement procedure – Fines imposed on the contracting authority and on the successful tenderer – Principle of proportionality. Case C-263/19. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 18 January 2024. CROSS Zlín, a.s. v Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Krajský soud v Brně. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Procedures for the review of the award of public supply and public works contracts – Directive 89/665/EEC – Access to review procedures – Articles 2(3) and 2a(2) – Obligation for Member States to provide for a review procedure with suspensive effect – Review body of first instance – Review relating to a contract award decision – Article 2(9) – Body responsible for review procedures of a non-judicial character – Conclusion of a public contract before lodging of a judicial action against a decision by that body – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Effective judicial protection. Case C-303/22. Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 2 June 2005. Koppensteiner GmbH v Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft mbH. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Bundesvergabeamt - Austria. Public procurement - Directive 89/665/EEC - Review procedures concerning the award of public procurement contracts - Decision to withdraw an invitation to tender after the opening of tenders - Judicial review -Scope - Principle of effectiveness. Case C-15/04. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 October 2010. Symvoulio Apochetefseon Lefkosias v Anatheoritiki Archi Prosforon. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Anotato Dikastirio tis Kypriakis Dimokratias - Cyprus. Public contracts - Directive 89/665/EEC - Article 2(8) - Body responsible for review procedures that is not judicial in character - Annulment of the contracting authority’s decision to accept a tender - Possibility for the contracting authority to appeal against that annulment before a judicial body. Case C-570/08. Order of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 February 2019. Cooperativa Animazione Valdocco S.C.S. Impresa Sociale Onlus v Consorzio Intercomunale Servizi Sociali di Pinerolo and Azienda Sanitaria Locale To3 di Collegno e Pinerolo. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Piemonte. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Review procedures — Directive 89/665/EEC — Articles 1 and 2c — Action brought against decisions to allow tenderers to participate in, or to exclude them from, a tendering procedure — Time limit for applying for review — 30-day time limit — National legislation excluding the possibility to plead the illegality of an admission decision in an action brought against subsequent decisions — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 47 — Right to effective judicial protection. Case C-54/18. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 11 October 2007. Lämmerzahl GmbH v Freie Hansestadt Bremen. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht in Bremen - Germany. Public contracts - Directive 89/665/EEC - Review procedures concerning the award of public contracts - Limitation period - Principle of effectiveness. Case C-241/06. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 4 March 1999. Hospital Ingenieure Krankenhaustechnik Planungs-Gesellschaft mbH (HI) v Landeskrankenanstalten-Betriebsgesellschaft. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Unabhängiger Verwaltungssenat für Kärnten - Austria. Public service contracts - Effect of a directive not transposed into national law. Case C-258/97. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 4 February 1999. Josef Köllensperger GmbH & Co. KG and Atzwanger AG v Gemeindeverband Bezirkskrankenhaus Schwaz. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Tiroler Landesvergabeamt - Austria. National 'court or tribunal' within the meaning of Article 177 of the EC Treaty - Procedures for the award of public supply contracts and public works contracts - Body responsible for review procedures. Case C-103/97. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 6 October 2015. Orizzonte Salute - Studio Infermieristico Associato v Azienda Pubblica di Servizi alla persona San Valentino – Città di Levico Terme and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale regionale di giustizia amministrativa di Trento. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 89/665/EEC — Public procurement — National legislation — Fees for access to administrative proceedings in the field of public procurement — Right to an effective remedy — Dissuasive fees — Judicial review of administrative decisions — Principles of effectiveness and equivalence — Effectiveness. Case C-61/14. Case C-450/06: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 14 February 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (Belgium)) — Varec SA v Belgian State (Public procurement — Review — Directive 89/665/EEC — Effective review — Meaning — Balance between the adversarial principle and the right to observance of business secrets — Protection, by the body responsible for the review, of the confidentiality of information provided by economic operators) {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 1.1 Case C-406/08: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 28 January 2010 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice (Queen’s Bench Division) — United Kingdom) — Uniplex (UK) Ltd v NHS Business Services Authority (Directive 89/665/EEC — Procedures for review of the award of public contracts — Period within which proceedings must be brought — Date from which the period for bringing proceedings starts to run) {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 1.1 Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 12 December 2002. Universale-Bau AG, Bietergemeinschaft: 1) Hinteregger & Söhne Bauges.m.b.H. Salzburg, 2) ÖSTÜ-STETTIN Hoch- und Tiefbau GmbH v Entsorgungsbetriebe Simmering GmbH. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Vergabekontrollsenat des Landes Wien - Austria. Directive 93/37/EEC - Public works contracts - Definition of 'contracting authority' - Body governed by public law - Restricted procedure - Rules for weighting of criteria for selecting candidates invited to tender - Advertisement - Directive 89/665/EEC - Review procedures relating to public procurement - Time-limits for review. Case C-470/99. Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 3 March 2005. Fabricom SA v Belgian State. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Conseil d'État - Belgium. Public procurement - Works, supplies and services - Water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors - Prohibition on participation in a procedure of submission of a tender by a person who has contributed to the development of the works, supplies or services concerned. Joined cases C-21/03 and C-34/03. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 26 March 2020. HUNGEOD Közlekedésfejlesztési, Földmérési, Út- és Vasúttervezési Kft. and Others v Közbeszerzési Hatóság Közbeszerzési Döntőbizottság. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public procurement – Review procedures concerning the award of public supply and public works contracts – Directive 89/665/EEC – Procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors – Directive 92/13/EEC – Public procurement – Directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU – Review of the application of public procurement rules – National legislation which allows certain bodies to initiate a procedure of their own motion where there has been an unlawful amendment to a contract which is in the course of being performed – Time-barring of an authority’s right to initiate a procedure of its own motion – Principles of legal certainty and proportionality. Case C-496/18. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 June 2003. Werner Hackermüller v Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft mbH (BIG) and Wiener Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH für den Donauraum AG (WED). Reference for a preliminary ruling: Bundesvergabeamt - Austria. Public contracts - Directive 89/665/EEC - Review procedures concerning the award of public contracts - Article 1(3) - Persons to whom review procedures must be available. Case C-249/01. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 February 2003. Santex SpA v Unità Socio Sanitaria Locale n. 42 di Pavia, and Sca Mölnlycke SpA, Artsana SpA and Fater SpA. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Tribunale amministrativo regionale per la Lombardia - Italy. Directive 93/36/EEC - Public supply contracts - Directive 89/665/EEC - Review procedures applicable to public contracts - Limitation period - Principle of effectiveness. Case C-327/00. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 12 February 2004. Grossmann Air Service, Bedarfsluftfahrtunternehmen GmbH & Co. KG v Republik Österreich. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Bundesvergabeamt - Austria. Public procurement - Directive 89/665/EEC - Review procedures for the award of public contracts - Articles 1(3) and 2(1)(b) - Persons to whom review procedures must be available - Definition of interest in obtaining a public contract. Case C-230/02. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 30 September 2010. Stadt Graz v Strabag AG and Others. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Oberster Gerichtshof - Austria. Directive 89/665/EEC - Public procurement - Review procedures - Actions for damages - Unlawful award - National rule on liability based on a presumption that the contracting authority is at fault. Case C-314/09. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 18 March 2004. Siemens AG Österreich and ARGE Telekom & Partner v Hauptverband der österreichischen Sozialversicherungsträger. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Bundesvergabeamt - Austria. Public contracts - Directive 89/665/EEC - Review procedures concerning the award of public contracts - Effects of a decision by the body responsible for review procedures annulling the decision by the contracting authority not to revoke the procedure by which a contract was awarded - Restriction on the use of subcontracting. Case C-314/01. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 4 December 2003. EVN AG and Wienstrom GmbH v Republik Österreich. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Bundesvergabeamt - Austria. Directive 93/36/EEC - Public supply contracts - Concept of the most economically advantageous tender - Award criterion giving preference to electricity produced from renewable energy sources - Directive 89/665/EEC - Public procurement review proceedings - Unlawful decisions - Possibility of annulment only in the case of material influence on the outcome of the tender procedure - Illegality of an award criterion - Obligation to cancel the invitation to tender. Case C-448/01. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 June 2003. Gesellschaft für Abfallentsorgungs-Technik GmbH (GAT) v Österreichische Autobahnen und Schnellstraßen AG (ÖSAG). Reference for a preliminary ruling: Bundesvergabeamt - Austria. Public contracts - Directive 89/665/EEC - Review procedures concerning the award of public contracts - Power of the body responsible for review procedures to consider infringements of its own motion - Directive 93/36/EEC- Procedures for the award of public supply contracts - Selection criteria - Award criteria. Case C-315/01. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 28 October 1999. Alcatel Austria AG and Others, Siemens AG Österreich and Sag-Schrack Anlagentechnik AG v Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Verkehr. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Bundesvergabeamt - Austria. Public procurement - Procedure for the award of public supply and works contracts - Review procedure. Case C-81/98. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2021. Randstad Italia SpA v Umana SpA and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU – Obligation of Member States to provide remedies sufficient to ensure effective legal protection in the fields covered by Union law – Public procurement – Directive 89/665/EEC – Article 1(1) and (3) – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Judgment of a Member State’s highest administrative court declaring inadmissible, in breach of the case-law of the Court of Justice, an action brought by a tenderer excluded from a public procurement procedure – No remedy against that judgment before the highest court in that Member State’s judicial order – Principles of effectiveness and equivalence. Case C-497/20. Order of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 9 April 2003. CS Communications & Systems Austria GmbH v Allgemeine Unfallversicherungsanstalt. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Bundesvergabeamt - Austria. Public contracts - Directive 89/665/EEC - Review procedures for the award of public contracts - Action for annulment of a decision of the contracting authority - Application for interim measures - Duty or discretion of the body responsible for review procedures to take account of the prospects of success of the substantive claim - Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure - Question the answer to which does not admit of any reasonable doubt. Case C-424/01. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 April 2016. Puligienica Facility Esco SpA (PFE) v Airgest SpA. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Giustizia amministrativa per la Regione siciliana. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public service contracts — Directive 89/665/EEC – Article 1(1) and (3) — Review procedures — Application for annulment of the decision awarding a public contract by a tenderer whose bid was not successful — Counterclaim brought by the successful tenderer — Rule derived from national case-law under which the counterclaim must be examined first and, if the counterclaim is well founded, the main action must be dismissed as inadmissible without any examination of the merits — Whether compatible with EU law — Article 267 TFEU — Principle of the primacy of EU law — Principle of law stated by decision of the plenary session of the supreme administrative court of a Member State — National legislation which provides that that decision is binding on the chambers of that court — Obligation on the part of the chamber required to adjudicate on a question of EU law to refer that question to the plenary session if it disagrees with the decision of the plenary session — Whether the chamber has a discretion or is under an obligation to request a preliminary ruling from the Court of Justice. Case C-689/13. Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 December 2010. Combinatie Spijker Infrabouw-De Jonge Konstruktie and Others v Provincie Drenthe. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Rechtbank Assen - Netherlands. Public contracts – Procedures for reviewing the award of public works contracts – Directive 89/665/EEC – Duty of Member States to make provision for a review procedure – National legislation permitting a court hearing an application for interim measures to authorise a decision awarding a public contract which may subsequently be held contrary to European Union legal rules by the court hearing the substance of the case – Compatibility with the directive – Award of damages to the tenderers harmed – Conditions. Case C-568/08. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 28 November 2018. Amt Azienda Trasporti e Mobilità SpA and Others v Atpl Liguria - Agenzia regionale per il trasporto pubblico locale SpA and Regione Liguria. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale della Liguria. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Review procedures — Directive 89/665/EEC — Article 1(3) — Directive 92/13/EEC –Article 1(3) — Right to bring proceedings subject to the condition that a tender was submitted in a procurement procedure. Case C-328/17. Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 5 September 2019. Lombardi Srl v Comune di Auletta and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Review procedures on the award of public supply and public works contracts — Directive 89/665/EEC — Action for annulment of the decision awarding a public contract by a tenderer whose bid was unsuccessful — Counterclaim brought by the successful tenderer — Admissibility of the main action in the event that the counterclaim is well founded. Case C-333/18. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 12 March 2015. eVigilo Ltd v Priešgaisrinės apsaugos ir gelbėjimo departamentas prie Vidaus reikalų ministerijos. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directives 89/665/EEC and 2004/18/EC — Principles of equal treatment and transparency — Connection between the successful tenderer and the contracting authority’s experts — Obligation to take that connection into account — Burden of proving bias on the part of an expert — Such bias having no effect on the final result of the evaluation — Time-limit for instituting proceedings — Challenging the abstract award criteria -Those criteria clarified after the exhaustive reasons for the award of the contract had been communicated — Degree of the tenders’ conformity with the technical specifications as an evaluation criterion. Case C-538/13. Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 25 October 2018. Anodiki Services EPE v G.N.A. O Evangelismos – Ofthalmiatreio Athinon – Polykliniki and Geniko Ogkologiko Nosokomeio Kifisias – (GONK) 'Oi Agioi Anargyroi'. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Symvoulio tis Epikrateias. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2014/24/EU — Article 10(g) — Exclusions from its scope — Employment contracts — Definition — Decisions of public hospitals to conclude fixed-term labour contracts for the purposes of catering, the provision of meals and cleaning — Directive 89/665/EEC — Article 1 — Right to an effective remedy. Case C-260/17. Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 21 December 2016. Bietergemeinschaft Technische Gebäudebetreuung GesmbH und Caverion Österreich GmbH v Universität für Bodenkultur Wien and VAMED Management und Service GmbH & Co KG. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 89/665/EEC — Review procedures in the area of public procurement — Article 1(3) — Legal interest in bringing proceedings — Article 2a(2) — Concept of a ‘tenderer concerned’ — Right of a tenderer definitively excluded by the contracting authority to seek review of a subsequent award decision. Case C-355/15. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 24 September 1998. Walter Tögel v Niederösterreichische Gebietskrankenkasse. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Bundesvergabeamt - Austria. Public service contracts - Direct effect of a directive not transposed into national law - Classification of services for the transport of patients. Case C-76/97. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 15 September 2016. SC Star Storage SA and Others v Institutul Naţional de Cercetare-Dezvoltare în Informatică (ICI) and Others. Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bucureşti and Curtea de Apel Oradea. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directives 89/665/EEC and 92/13/EEC — Public procurement — Review procedures — National legislation making the admissibility of appeals against the acts of a contracting authority subject to giving a ‘good conduct guarantee’ — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 47 — Right to an effective remedy. Joined Cases C-439/14 and C-488/14. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 6 May 2010. Club Hotel Loutraki AE and Others v Ethnico Symvoulio Radiotileorasis and Ypourgos Epikrateias (C-145/08) and Aktor Anonymi Techniki Etaireia (Aktor ATE) v Ethnico Symvoulio Radiotileorasis (C-149/08). References for a preliminary ruling: Symvoulio tis Epikrateias - Greece. Directive 92/50/EEC - Public service contracts - Service concessions - Mixed contract - Contract including the transfer of a block of shares in a public casino business - Contract under which the contracting authority entrusts to the contracting undertaking the management of a casino business and the execution of a development plan consisting in upgrading the casino premises and improving the surrounding area - Directive 89/665/EEC - Decision of the contracting authority - Effective and rapid remedies - National procedural law - Criteria for the award of damages - Prior annulment of the unlawful act or omission or a finding of its nullity by the competent court - Members of a consortium in a public procurement procedure - Decision adopted in the context of that procedure by an authority other than the contracting authority - Action brought, individually, by some members of the consortium - Admissibility. Joined cases C-145/08 and C-149/08. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 23 January 2003. Makedoniko Metro and Michaniki AE v Elliniko Dimosio. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Dioikitiko Efeteio Athinon - Greece. Public works contracts - Rules for participating - Group of contractors submitting a tender - Change in the composition of the group - Prohibition laid down in the contract documents - Compatibility with Community law - Review procedures. Case C-57/01. Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 18 December 2019. Hochtief AG v Fővárosi Törvényszék. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Székesfehérvári Törvényszék. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Review procedures — Directive 89/665/EEC — Directive 92/13/EEC — Right to effective judicial protection — Principles of effectiveness and equivalence — Action for review of judicial decisions in breach of EU law — Liability of the Member States in the event of infringement of EU law by national courts or tribunals — Assessment of damage eligible for compensation. Case C-362/18. Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber), 4 July 2013. Fastweb SpA v Azienda Sanitaria Locale di Alessandria. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per il Piemonte. Public procurement — Directive 89/665/EEC — Public procurement review — Action brought by an unsuccessful tenderer for review of a decision awarding a contract — Action for review based on the ground that the bid selected did not meet the technical specifications for the contract — Counterclaim made by the successful tenderer alleging that certain technical specifications for the contract were not respected in the bid submitted by the tenderer seeking review — Neither of those bids in compliance with the technical specifications for the contract — National case-law requiring that the counterclaim be examined first and, where such a counterclaim proves well founded, that the main action be declared inadmissible without any consideration of its merits — Whether compatible with EU law. Case C‑100/12. Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 8 September 2005. Espace Trianon SA and Société wallonne de location-financement SA (Sofibail) v Office communautaire et régional de la formation professionnelle et de l'emploi (FOREM). Reference for a preliminary ruling: Conseil d'État - Belgium. Public procurement - Directive 89/665/EEC - Review procedures concerning the award of public contracts - Persons to whom review procedures must be available - Tender by a consortium - Prohibition against members of a consortium bringing an action individually - Meaning of "interest in obtaining a public contract". Case C-129/04. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 5 April 2017. Marina del Mediterráneo SL and Others v Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Andalucía. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Review procedures — Directive 89/665/EEC — Article 1(1) — Article 2(1) — Decision of a contracting authority allowing an economic operator to participate in a procurement procedure — Decision not amenable to review under the applicable national legislation. Case C-391/15. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 7 August 2018. Hochtief AG v Budapest Főváros Önkormányzata. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kúria. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Review procedures — Directive 89/665/EC — Action for damages — Article 2(6) — National rules making the admissibility of any action for damages subject to a prior and definitive determination of the illegality of the decision of the contracting authority giving rise to the damage alleged — Actions for annulment — Prior action before an arbitration committee — Judicial review of arbitral decisions — National rules excluding pleas not raised before the arbitration committee — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 47 — Right to effective judicial protection — Principles of effectiveness and equivalence. Case C-300/17. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 26 January 2023. UAB 'HSC Baltic' and Others v Vilniaus miesto savivaldybės administracija and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public procurement – Directive 2014/24/EU – Article 57(4)(g) – Optional ground for exclusion linked to deficiencies in the context of a prior contract – Contract awarded to a group of economic operators – Early termination of that contract – Automatic inclusion of all members of the group on a list of unreliable suppliers – Principle of proportionality – Directive 89/665/EEC – Article 1(1) and (3) – Right to an effective remedy. Case C-682/21. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 14 February 2008. Varec SA v Belgian State. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Conseil d’État - Belgium. Public procurement - Review - Directive 89/665/EEC - Effective review - Meaning - Balance between the adversarial principle and the right to observance of business secrets - Protection, by the body responsible for the review, of the confidentiality of information provided by economic operators. Case C-450/06. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 28 January 2010. Uniplex (UK) Ltd v NHS Business Services Authority. Reference for a preliminary ruling: High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division - United Kingdom. Directive 89/665/EEC - Procedures for review of the award of public contracts - Period within which proceedings must be brought - Date from which the period for bringing proceedings starts to run. Case C-406/08. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 June 2003. Fritsch, Chiari & Partner, Ziviltechniker GmbH and Others v Autobahnen- und Schnellstraßen-Finanzierungs-AG (Asfinag). Reference for a preliminary ruling: Bundesvergabeamt - Austria. Public contracts - Directive 89/665/EEC - Review procedures concerning the award of public contracts - Article 1(3) - Persons to whom review procedures must be available - Definition of interest in obtaining a public contract. Case C-410/01. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber), 11 December 2014. Croce Amica One Italia Srl v Azienda Regionale Emergenza Urgenza (AREU). Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per la Lombardia. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public services contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Directive 89/665/EEC — Personal situation of the candidate or tenderer — Provisional award of the contract — Criminal investigations initiated in respect of the legal representative of the successful tenderer — Decision by the contracting authority not to proceed with the definitive award of the contract and to withdraw the invitation to tender — Judicial review. Case C‑440/13. Case C-314/09: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 30 September 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof — Austria) — Stadt Graz v Strabag AG, Teerag-Asdag AG, Bauunternehmung Granit GesmbH (Directive 89/665/EEC — Public procurement — Review procedures — Actions for damages — Unlawful award — National rule on liability based on a presumption that the contracting authority is at fault) {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 1 Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 18 June 2002. Hospital Ingenieure Krankenhaustechnik Planungs-Gesellschaft mbH (HI) v Stadt Wien. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Vergabekontrollsenat des Landes Wien - Austria. Public service contracts - Directive 92/50/EEC - Procedure for the award of public service contracts - Directive 89/665/EEC - Scope - Decision to withdraw an invitation to tender - Judicial review - Scope. Case C-92/00. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber), 11 September 2014. Ministero dell’Interno v Fastweb SpA. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 89/665/EEC — Article 2d(4) — Interpretation and validity — Procedures for review of the award of public supply and public works contracts — Ineffectiveness of the contract — Exception. Case C‑19/13. Case C-729/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 24 November 2022 — Associazione Concessionari Bingo — Ascob Srl and Others v Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli Case C-275/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Austria) lodged on 28 April 2021 — EPIC Financial Consulting Ges.m.b.H. v Republik Österreich and Bundesbeschaffung GmbH article 2a paragraph 2 article 2 paragraph 1 point (a) article 1 paragraph 1 Case C-728/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 24 November 2022 — Associazione Nazionale Italiana Bingo — Anib, Play Game Srl v Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli Case C-274/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Austria) lodged on 28 April 2021 — EPIC Financial Consulting Ges.m.b.H. v Republik Österreich and Bundesbeschaffung GmbH article 2a paragraph 2 article 1 paragraph 1 article 2 paragraph 1 point (a) Case C-362/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Székesfehérvári Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 5 June 2018 — Hochtief AG v Fővárosi Törvényszék Case C-518/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 28 August 2017 — Stefan Rudigier article 2 paragraph 1 point (b) Case C-620/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Székesfehérvári Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 2 November 2017 — Hochtief Solutions AG Magyarországi Fióktelepe v Fővárosi Törvényszék article 1 paragraph 3 article 1 paragraph 1 Case C-303/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Krajský soud v Brně (Czech Republic) lodged on 9 May 2022 — CROSS Zlín a.s. v Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže article 2a paragraph 2 article 2 paragraph 3 Case C-28/23, NFŠ: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Okresný súd Bratislava III (Slovakia) lodged on 24 January 2023 — NFŠ a.s. v Slovenská republika (Slovak Republic), acting through the Ministerstvo školstva, vedy, výskumu a športu Slovenskej republiky, and Ministerstvo školstva, vedy, výskumu a športu Slovenskej republiky article 2d paragraph 1 point (a) article 2d paragraph 2 Case C-927/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas (Lithuania) lodged on 18 December 2019 — ‘Klaipėdos regiono atliekų tvarkymo centras’ UAB, other parties: ‘Ecoservice Klaipėda’ UAB, ‘Klaipėdos autobusų parkas’ UAB, ‘Parsekas’ UAB, ‘Klaipėdos transportas’ UAB article 2 paragraph 1 point (b) article 1 paragraph 1 unnumbered paragraph 3 article 1 paragraph 3 article 1 paragraph 5 Case C-391/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Andalucía (Spain) lodged on 20 July 2015 — Marina del Mediterráneo, S.L. and Others v Consejería de Obras Públicas y Vivienda de la Junta de Andalucía article 2 paragraph 1 point (a) article 1 paragraph 1 article 2 paragraph 1 point (b) Case C-212/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vergabekammer Südbayern (Germany) lodged on 15 April 2016 — DUK Versorgungswerk eV, Gothaer Pensionskasse AG v BG Klinik für Berufskrankheiten Bad Reichenhall gGmbH article 1 paragraph 3 article 2d paragraph 1 point (a) Case C-333/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 23 May 2018 — Lombardi Srl v Comune di Auletta and Others article 1 paragraph 3 article 1 paragraph 1 L 3 Case C-53/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Lombardia (Italy) lodged on 26 January 2022 — VZ v CA Case C-260/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Simvoulio tis Epikratias (Greece) lodged on 16 May 2017 — Αnodiki Services ΕPΕ v GNA ‘Εvangelismos — Οfthalmiatrio Athinon — Polikliniki’, GNA ‘Georgios Gennimatas’, Geniko Οnkologiko Nosokomio Κifisias — (GΟΝΚ) ‘Agioi Anargiroi’ Case C-355/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 13 July 2015 — Bietergemeinschaft: Technische Gebäudebetreuung GesmbH and Caverion Österreich GmbH Case C-682/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas (Lithuania) lodged on 11 November 2021 — ‘HSC Baltic’ UAB, ‘Mitnija’ UAB, ‘Montuotojas’ UAB v Vilniaus miesto savivaldybės administracija article 1 paragraph 3 article 1 paragraph 1 unnumbered paragraph 4 Case C-497/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 30 July 2018 — Budapesti Közlekedési Zrt. v Közbeszerzési Hatóság Közbeszerzési Döntőbizottság article 1 paragraph 1 article 1 paragraph 3 Case C-263/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 28 March 2019 — T Systems Magyarország Zrt. and Others v Közbeszerzési Hatóság Közbeszerzési Döntőbizottság and Others Case C-531/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas (Lithuania) lodged on 18 October 2016 — Šiaulių regiono atliekų tvarkymo centras v ‘Specializuotas transportas’ UAB article 1 paragraph 1 L 3 article 2 paragraph 1 point (b) Case C-328/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Liguria (Italy) lodged on 31 May 2017 — Amt Azienda Trasporti e Mobilità SpA and Others v Atpl Liguria — Agenzia regionale per il trasporto pubblico locale SpA, Regione Liguria article 1 paragraph 1 article 1 paragraph 2 article 1 paragraph 3 article 2 paragraph 1 point (b) Case C-54/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Piemonte (Italy) lodged on 29 January 2018 — Cooperativa Animazione Valdocco S.C.S. Impresa Sociale Onlus v Consorzio Intercomunale Servizi Sociali di Pinerolo, Azienda Sanitaria Locale To3 di Collegno e Pinerolo article 1 paragraph 1 article 1 paragraph 2 Case C-497/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione (Italy) lodged on 30 September 2020 — Randstad Italia SpA v Umana SpA and Others article 1 paragraph 1 article 2 paragraph 1 article 1 paragraph 3 Case C-76/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Najvyšší súd Slovenskej republiky (Slovakia) lodged on 11 February 2016 — INGSTEEL spol. s r. o., Metrostav a. s. v Úrad pre verejné obstarávanie article 2 paragraph 6 article 1 paragraph 1 article 2 paragraph 8 article 2 paragraph 7 article 2 paragraph 3 Legal basis TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART FIVE - INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE I - PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS, CHAPTER 1: THE INSTITUTIONS, SECTION 2: THE COUNCIL, ARTICLE 149 undefined EuroVoc Vocabulary Administrative contract Public works contracts Infringement of EU law Internal market - Principles National implementing measure Supplies contract Administrative transparency Approximation of laws Works contract Award of contract Public procurement in the European Union Public supply contracts Approximation of laws Action for failure to fulfil an obligation