Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts Basic information Dates Date of document: Date of publication: Date of effect: April 30, 2004 Entry into force - Date pub. See Art 83 Date of transposition: Date of end of validity: Modified by Corrected by: Modified by: Council Directive 2013/16/EU of 13 May 2013 adapting certain directives in the field of public procurement, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia
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detail 2008/963/EC: Commission Decision of 9 December 2008 amending the Annexes to Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on public procurement procedures, as regards their lists of contracting entities and contracting authorities (notified under document number C(2008) 7871) (Text with EEA relevance)
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detail Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2342 of 15 December 2015 amending Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the application thresholds for the procedures for the award of contracts (Text with EEA relevance)
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detail Commission Regulation (EC) No 1177/2009 of 30 November 2009 amending Directives 2004/17/EC, 2004/18/EC and 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of their application thresholds for the procedures for the award of contracts (Text with EEA relevance)
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detail Commission Regulation (EU) No 1336/2013 of 13 December 2013 amending Directives 2004/17/EC, 2004/18/EC and 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the application thresholds for the procedures for the awards of contract Text with EEA relevance
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detail Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Four
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detail Commission Regulation (EU) No 1251/2011 of 30 November 2011 amending Directives 2004/17/EC, 2004/18/EC and 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of their application thresholds for the procedures for the awards of contract Text with EEA relevance
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detail Commission Regulation (EC) No 1422/2007 of 4 December 2007 amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of their application thresholds for the procedures for the award of contracts (Text with EEA relevance)
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detail Commission Regulation (EC) No 2083/2005 of 19 December 2005 amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of their application thresholds for the procedures for the award of contracts (Text with EEA relevance)
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detail Council Directive 2006/97/EC of 20 November 2006 adapting certain Directives in the field of free movement of goods, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania
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detail Directive 2005/75/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2005 correcting Directive 2004/18/EC on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts
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detail Commission Regulation (EC) No 213/2008 of 28 November 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 2195/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) and Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on public procurement procedures, as regards the revision of the CPV (Text with EEA relevance)
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detail Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of procedures for the award of certain works contracts, supply contracts and service contracts by contracting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security, and amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
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detail Commission Regulation (EC) No 1874/2004 of 28 October 2004 amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of their application thresholds for the procedures for the award of contractsText with EEA relevance
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detail All documents based on this document: Repealed by: Modifies Repeal: Implicit repeal: Affected by case Case C-451/08: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 25 March 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf — Germany) — Helmut Müller GmbH v Bundesanstalt für Immobilienaufgaben (Procedures for the award of public works contracts — Public works contracts — Concept — Sale by a public body of land on which the purchaser intends subsequently to carry out works — Works corresponding to a municipal authority’s urban-planning objectives) {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 1.2 PT B) Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 8 February 2018. Lloyd's of London v Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente della Calabria. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale Calabria. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Articles 49 and 56 TFEU — Directive 2004/18/EC — Reasons for exclusion from a tendering procedure — Insurance services — Participation of several Lloyd’s of London syndicates in the same tendering procedure — Signature of tenders by the Lloyd’s of London General Representative for the country concerned — Principles of transparency, equal treatment and non-discrimination — Proportionality. Case C-144/17. Case C-138/08: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 15 October 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Ítélőtábla (Republic of Hungary)) — Hochtief AG, Linde-Kca-Dresden GmbH v Közbeszerzések Tanácsa Közbeszerzési Döntőbizottság (Procedures for the award of public works contracts — Procedures initiated after the entry into force of Directive 2004/18/EC and before the expiry of the period for transposition of that directive — Negotiated procedures with publication of a contract notice — Obligation to admit a minimum number of suitable candidates — Obligation to ensure genuine competition) Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 14 July 2016. Wrocław - Miasto na prawach powiatu v Minister Infrastruktury i Rozwoju. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Wojewódzki Sąd Administracyjny w Warszawie. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2004/18/EC — Public works contracts — Regularity of the obligation imposed on tenderers to perform a certain percentage of the contract without using subcontractors — Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 — General provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund — Obligation for the Member States to carry out a financial correction in relation to the irregularities identified — Concept of ‘irregularity’ — Need for a financial correction in the event of infringement of EU law on public procurement. Case C-406/14. Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber), 6 November 2014. Cartiera dell’Adda SpA v CEM Ambiente SpA. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per la Lombardia. Public procurement — Principles of equal treatment and transparency –Directive 2004/18/EC — Grounds for excluding a tenderer from participating — Article 45 — The personal situation of the candidate or tenderer — Compulsory statement concerning the person designated as ‘technical director’ — Statement not included with the tender — Exclusion from the contract without any possibility of remedying that omission. Case C‑42/13. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 3 October 2019. Proceedings brought by Kauno miesto savivaldybė and Kauno miesto savivaldybės administracija. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2014/24/EU — Article 12(1) — Temporal application — Freedom of the Member States as to choice of how services are provided — Limits — Public contracts subject to so-called ‘in house’ awards — In-house transaction — Overlapping of a public contract and an in-house transaction). Case C-285/18. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 13 December 2012. Forposta SA and ABC Direct Contact sp. z o.o. v Poczta Polska SA. Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Krajowa Izba Odwoławcza. Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 45(2), first subparagraph, point (d) – Directive 2004/17/EC — Articles 53(3) and 54(4) — Public procurement — Postal services sector — Exclusion criteria in relation to the procedure for the award of a contract — Grave professional misconduct — Protection of the public interest — Maintenance of fair competition. Case C‑465/11. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber), 5 December 2013. Nordecon AS and Ramboll Eesti AS v Rahandusministeerium. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Riigikohus. Public procurement — Negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice — Whether possible for the contracting authority to negotiate on tenders which do not comply with the mandatory requirements of the technical specifications relating to the contract. Case C‑561/12. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 September 2017. Casertana Costruzioni Srl v Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti - Provveditorato Interregionale per le opere pubbliche della Campania e del Molise and Azienda Regionale Campana per la Difesa del Suolo - A.R.CA.DI.S. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2004/18/EC — Articles 47(2) and 48(3) — Tenderer relying on the capacities of other entities to meet the requirements of the contracting authority — Loss by those entities of the capacities required — National legislation providing for the exclusion of the tenderer from the call for tenders and for the award of the contract to a competitor. Case C-223/16. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 5 October 2017. UAB „LitSpecMet“ v UAB Vilniaus lokomotyvų remonto depas. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vilniaus apygardos teismas. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 1(9) — Concept of contracting authority — Company wholly owned by a contracting authority — Transactions internal to the group. Case C-567/15. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber), 29 March 2012. SAG ELV Slovensko a.s. and Others v Úrad pre verejné obstarávanie. Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Najvyšší súd Slovenskej republiky. Public procurement — Directive 2004/18/EC — Contract award procedures — Restricted call for tenders — Assessment of the tender — Requests by the contracting authority for clarification of the tender — Conditions. Case C‑599/10. Case C-215/09: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 22 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Markkinaoikeus — Finland) — Mehiläinen Oy, Terveystalo Healthcare Oy, formerly Suomen Terveystalo Oyj v Oulun kaupunki (Public service contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Mixed contract — Contract concluded between a contracting authority and a private company independent of it — Establishment, on an equal basis, of a joint venture to provide health care services — Undertaking by the partners to purchase health care services for their staff from the joint venture for a transitional period of four years) Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 19 December 2018. Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato - Antitrust and Coopservice Soc. coop. arl v Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale della Vallecamonica - Sebino (ASST) and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 1(5) — Article 32(2) — Award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts — Framework agreements — Clause extending the framework agreement to other contracting authorities — Principles of transparency and equal treatment of economic operators — No determination of the quantity covered by subsequent public procurement contracts or determination by reference to the usual requirements of the contracting authorities that are not signatories to the framework agreement — Prohibition. Case C-216/17. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 December 2016. Connexxion Taxi Services BV v Staat der Nederlanden (Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport) and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public service contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 45(2) — Personal situation of the candidate or tenderer — Optional grounds of exclusion — Grave professional misconduct — National legislation providing for a case-by-case assessment in accordance with the principle of proportionality — Decisions of the contracting authorities — Directive 89/665/EEC — Judicial review. Case C-171/15. Case C-305/08: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 23 December 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy)) — Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa) v Regione Marche (Public service contracts — Directive 2004/18 — Concepts of contractor , supplier and service provider — Concept of economic operator — Universities and research institutes — Group ( consorzio ) of universities and public authorities — Where the primary object under the statutes is non-profit-making — Admission to a procedure for the award of a public contract) {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 1.8 L2 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 1.8 L1 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 1.2 PT A) 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. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 22 December 2010. Mehiläinen Oy and Terveystalo Healthcare Oy v Oulun kaupunki. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Markkinaoikeus - Finland. Public service contracts - Directive 2004/18/EC - Mixed contract - Contract concluded between a contracting authority and a private company independent of it - Establishment, on an equal basis, of a joint venture to provide health care services - Undertaking by the partners to purchase health care services for their staff from the joint venture for a transitional period of four years. Case C-215/09. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 May 2018. Šiaulių regiono atliekų tvarkymo centras and „Ecoservice projektai“ UAB. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2004/18/EC — Procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts — Links between tenderers having submitted separate tenders in the same procedure — Obligations of the tenderers, of the contracting authority and of the national court. Case C-531/16. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 April 2015. SC Enterprise Focused Solutions SRL v Spitalul Județean de Urgență Alba Iulia. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Alba Iulia. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Supply — Technical specifications — Principles of equal treatment and of non-discrimination — Obligation of transparency — Reference to a product of a particular brand — Assessment of the equivalence of the product offered by a tenderer — Reference product no longer in production. Case C-278/14. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 May 2017. Esaprojekt sp. z o.o. v Województwo Łódzkie. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Krajowa Izba Odwoławcza. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2004/18/EC — Principles of equal treatment, non-discrimination and transparency — Technical and/or professional abilities of economic operators — Article 48(3) — Possibility to rely on the capacities of other entities — Article 51 — Possibility to supplement the tender — Article 45(2)(g) — Exclusion from participation in a public contract for serious misconduct. Case C-387/14. A44 A48P2LA A02 A45P2LG A51 A48P3 Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 13 July 2017. INGSTEEL spol. sro and Metrostav as v Úrad pre verejné obstarávanie. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Najvyšší súd Slovenskej republiky. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 47(1), (4) and (5) — Economic and financial standing of the tenderer — Directives 89/665/EEC and 2007/66/EC — Judicial review of a decision to exclude a tenderer from a tendering procedure — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 47 — Right to an effective remedy. Case C-76/16. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 22 October 2015. Grupo Hospitalario Quirón SA v Departamento de Sanidad del Gobierno Vasco and Instituto de Religiosas Siervas de Jesús de la Caridad. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado Contencioso-Administrativo de Bilbao. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public service contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 23(2) — Management of public health services — Provision of health services under the remit of public hospitals in private establishments — Requirement that the services be provided in a particular municipality. Case C-552/13. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 7 July 2016. Ambisig – Ambiente e Sistemas de Informação Geográfica SA v AICP – Associação de Industriais do Concelho de Pombal. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Central Administrativo Sul. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 48(2)(a)(ii), second indent — Technical abilities of economic operators — Direct effect — Means of evidence — Hierarchical relationship between the private purchaser’s certification and the tenderer’s unilateral declaration — Principle of proportionality — Prohibition on introducing substantive changes to the means of evidence provided for. Case C-46/15. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 January 2016. «Ostas celtnieks» SIA v Talsu novada pašvaldība and Iepirkumu uzraudzības birojs. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Economic and financial standing — Technical and/or professional ability — Articles 47(2) and 48(3) — Tender specifications laying down the obligation for a tenderer to conclude a cooperation agreement or to set up a partnership with the entities on whose capacities it relies. Case C-234/14. Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 6 December 2017. Compania Naţională de Administrare a Infrastructurii Rutiere SA v Ministerul Fondurilor Europene - Direcţia Generală Managementul Fondurilor Externe. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bucureşti. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2004/18/EC — Scope — Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 — European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund and Cohesion Fund — Finance agreement for the construction of a motorway concluded with the European Investment Bank before the accession of the Member State to the European Union — Concept of ‘irregularity’ within the meaning of Regulation No 1083/2006. Case C-408/16. Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 10 November 2016. MB Srl v Società Metropolitana Acque Torino (SMAT) SpA. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Piemonte. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Public contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Directive 2014/24/EU — Participation in a call for tenders — Tenderer having omitted to mention in the tender the undertaking’s charges in relation to safety and security at work — That obligation created by case-law — Exclusion from the tendering procedure without the possibility of remedying that omission. Case C-697/15. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber), 7 June 2012. Insinööritoimisto InsTiimi Oy. Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus. Directive 2004/18/EC — Public contracts in the field of defence — Article 10 — Article 296(1)(b) EC — Protection of a Member State’s essential security interests — Trade in arms, munitions and war material — Product procured by a contracting authority specifically for military purposes — Existence, as regards that product, of a potential and largely identical civilian application — Tiltable turntable for carrying out electromagnetic measurements — Contract not put out to tender in accordance with the procedures provided for by Directive 2004/18. Case C‑615/10. Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 10 November 2016. Ciclat Soc. Coop. v Consip SpA and Autorità per la Vigilanza sui Contratti Pubblici di lavori, servizi e forniture. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 45 — Articles 49 TFEU and 56 TFEU — Public procurement — Conditions for exclusion from a procedure for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts — Obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions — Social security contributions payment certificate — Correction of irregularities. Case C-199/15. Case C-300/07: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 11 June 2009 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf — Germany) — Hans & Christophorus Oymanns GbR, Orthopädie Schuhtechnik v AOK Rheinland/Hamburg (Directive 2004/18/EC — Public supply contracts and public service contracts — Statutory sickness insurance funds — Bodies governed by public law — Contracting authorities — Invitation to tender — Manufacture and supply of orthopaedic footwear individually tailored to patients’ needs — Detailed advice provided to patients) {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 1.9 L2 PT C) Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 7 April 2016. Partner Apelski Dariusz v Zarząd Oczyszczania Miasta. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Krajowa Izba Odwoławcza. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2004/18/EC — Technical and/or professional abilities of economic operators — Article 48(3) — Possibility to rely on the capacities of other entities — Conditions and procedures — Nature of the links between the tenderer and the other entities — Amendment of the tender — Annulment and repetition of an electronic auction — Directive 2014/24/EU. Case C-324/14. A48P3 A02 A44P2 A47P2 A48P2 Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 8 September 2016. Criminal proceedings against Domenico Politanò. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Reggio Calabria. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 49 TFEU — Freedom of establishment — Betting and gambling — Restrictions — Overriding reasons of public interest — Proportionality — Public procurement — Conditions for participating in a call for tenders and assessment of economic and financial standing — Exclusion of the tenderer for not presenting certificates of economic and financial standing issued by two different banks — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 47 — Applicability. Case C-225/15. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber), 13 June 2013. Piepenbrock Dienstleistungen GmbH & Co. KG v Kreis Düren. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf. Public contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Definition of ‘public contract’ — Article 1(2)(a) — Contract concluded between two local authorities — Transfer by one entity of the responsibility for cleaning certain of its buildings to another entity in return for financial compensation. Case C‑386/11. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 2 June 2016. Dr. Falk Pharma GmbH v DAK-Gesundheit. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 1(2)(a) — Concept of ‘public contract’ — Scheme for acquiring goods consisting of the authorisation as a supplier of any economic operator who meets the predetermined criteria — Supply of medicinal products that are refundable under a general social security scheme — Contracts concluded between a statutory health insurance fund and all the suppliers of medicinal products based on a given active ingredient who consent to a rebate on the sale price at a predetermined rate — Legislation providing, in principle, for the substitution of a refundable medicinal product marketed by an operator not having concluded such a contract by a medicinal product of the same type marketed by an operator having concluded such a contract. Case C-410/14. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 July 2016. TNS Dimarso NV v Vlaams Gewest. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public supply contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 53(2) — Award criteria — Most economically advantageous tender — Method of evaluation — Weighting rules — Obligation for the contracting authority to specify in the call for tenders the weighting of the award criteria — Scope of the obligation. Case C-6/15. Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 28 September 2016. Criminal proceedings against Angela Manzo. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Identical questions referred — Articles 49 TFEU and 56 TFEU — Freedom of establishment — Freedom to provide services — Betting and gambling — Restrictions — Overriding grounds of general interest — Proportionality — Public procurement — Conditions for participating in a call for tenders and assessment of economic and financial standing — Exclusion of the tenderer for failure to present certificates of economic and financial standing issued by two different banks — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 47 — Applicability. Case C-542/15. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber), 19 June 2014. Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal EPE and Serviço de Utilização Comum dos Hospitais (SUCH) v Eurest (Portugal) — Sociedade Europeia de Restaurantes Lda. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public service contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Award of the contract without a procurement procedure (in-house award) — Contractor legally separate from the awarding authority — Centre for hospital assistance and support services — Non-profit association operating in the public interest — Majority of the partners made up of awarding authorities — Minority of the partners made up of entities under private law, non-profit charitable associations — Activity carried out of at least 80% of the annual turnover for the partners’ benefit. Case C‑574/12. 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. Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 July 2017. Saferoad Grawil sp. z o.o. and Saferoad Kabex sp. z.o.o. v Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad Oddział w Poznaniu. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Krajowa Izba Odwoławcza. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Public procurement — Principles of awarding contracts — Equal treatment of tenderers — Duration of validity of the tender and of the deposit — Extension not explicitly provided for — Exclusion from the tender procedure. Case C-35/17. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 25 March 2010. Helmut Müller GmbH v Bundesanstalt für Immobilienaufgaben. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf - Germany. Procedures for the award of public works contracts - Public works contracts - Concept - Sale by a public body of land on which the purchaser intends subsequently to carry out works - Works corresponding to a municipal authority’s urban-planning objectives. Case C-451/08. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 26 March 2015. Ambisig – Ambiente e Sistemas de Informação Geográfica SA v Nersant - Associação Empresarial da Região de Santarém and Núcleo Inicial - Formação e Consultoria Lda. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2004/18/EC — Public service contracts — Conduct of the procedure — Contract award criteria — Qualifications of the staff assigned to performance of the contract. Case C-601/13. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 2 June 2016. Pippo Pizzo v CRGT Srl. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Giustizia amministrativa per la Regione siciliana. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2004/18/EC — Participation in a call for tenders — Possibility of relying on the capacities of other undertakings in order to satisfy the necessary criteria — Failure to pay a fee not expressly provided for — Exclusion from the contract without the possibility of rectifying that omission. Case C-27/15. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 21 March 2019. Rhein-Sieg-Kreis v Verkehrsbetrieb Hüttebräucker GmbH and BVR Busverkehr Rheinland GmbH and Rhenus Veniro GmbH & Co. KG v Kreis Heinsberg. Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Transport — Public passenger transport services by rail and by road — Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 — Article 5(1) and (2) — Direct award – Contracts for public passenger transport services by bus and tram — Conditions — Directive 2004/17/EC — Directive 2004/18/EC. Joined Cases C-266/17 and C-267/17. Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 7 September 2016. Finn Frogne A/S v Rigspolitiet ved Center for Beredskabskommunikation. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Højesteret. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 2 — Principle of equal treatment — Obligation of transparency — Contract for the supply of a complex communications system — Difficulties in performance of the contract — Disagreement of the parties in regard to areas of responsibility — Settlement — Reduction in the scope of the contract — Transformation of a rental of equipment into a sale of equipment — Material amendment to a contract — Justification by the objective opportunity of finding an amicable solution. Case C-549/14. Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 20 June 2013. Consiglio Nazionale degli Ingegneri v Comune di Castelvecchio Subequo and Comune di Barisciano. Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure — Public contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 1(2)(a) and (d) — Services — Support activities relating to the drawing up of a reconstruction plan for certain parts of the territory of a municipality damaged by an earthquake — Contract concluded between two public entities, one a university — Public entity likely to be classified as an economic operator — Extraordinary circumstances. Case C‑352/12. Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber), 18 October 2012. Észak-dunántúli Környezetvédelmi és Vízügyi Igazgatóság (Édukövízig) and Hochtief Construction AG Magyarországi Fióktelepe, now Hochtief Solutions AG Magyarországi Fióktelepe v Közbeszerzések Tanácsa Közbeszerzési Döntőbizottság. Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Ítélőtábla. Directive 2004/18/EC – Public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts – Articles 44(2) and 47(1)(b), (2) and (5) – Economic and financial standing of tenderers – Minimum capacity established on the basis of a single accounting indicator – Accounting indicator liable to be influenced by divergences between national laws as regards annual company accounts. Case C-218/11. Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 16 May 2013. Consulta Regionale Ordine Ingegneri della Lombardia and Others v Comune di Pavia. Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure — Public contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 1(2)(a) and (d) — Services — Study and technical and scientific consultancy for the purposes of drawing up the measures forming a municipal town and country planning programme — Contract concluded between two public entities, one of which is a university — Public entity capable of being classified as an economic operator. Case C‑564/11. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 10 April 2008. Ing. Aigner, Wasser-Wärme-Umwelt, GmbH v Fernwärme Wien GmbH. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Vergabekontrollsenat des Landes Wien - Austria. Public contracts - Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC - Contracting entity pursuing activities falling in part within the field of application of Directive 2004/17/EC and in part within that of Directive 2004/18/EC - Body governed by public law - Contracting authority. Case C-393/06. Case C-393/06: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 10 April 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Vergabekontrollsenat des Landes Wien, Austria) — Ing. Aigner, Wasser-Wärme-Umwelt GmbH v Fernwärme Wien GmbH (Public contracts — Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC — Contracting entity pursuing activities falling in part within the field of application of Directive 2004/17/EC and in part within that of Directive 2004/18/EC — Body governed by public law — Contracting authority) {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 1.9 L2 Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 23 December 2009. Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa) v Regione Marche. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Consiglio di Stato - Italy. Public service contracts - Directive 2004/18 - Concepts of ‘contractor’, ‘supplier’ and ‘service provider’ - Concept of ‘economic operator’ - Universities and research institutes - Group (‘consorzio’) of universities and public authorities - Where the primary object under the statutes is non-profit-making - Admission to a procedure for the award of a public contract. Case C-305/08. Case C-274/09: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 March 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht München (Germany)) — Privater Rettungsdienst und Krankentransport Stadler v Zweckverband für Rettungsdienst und Feuerwehralarmierung Passau (Public procurement — Directive 2004/18/EC — Public service concession — Rescue service — Distinction between ‘public service contract’ and ‘service concession’ ) {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 1 P4 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 1 P2PTD Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber), 10 October 2013. Ministeriet for Forskning, Innovation og Videregående Uddannelser v Manova A/S. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Østre Landsret. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2004/18/EC — Principle of equal treatment — Restricted procedure — Contract notice — Requirement for a copy of the most recent published balance sheet to be enclosed with the application — Copies of balance sheets not enclosed with some candidates’ applications — Right of the contracting authority to ask those candidates to provide copies of those balance sheets after the deadline for filing applications. Case C‑336/12. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 December 2016. Remondis GmbH & Co. KG Region Nord v Region Hannover. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Celle. References for a preliminary ruling — Article 4(2) TEU — Respect for the national identity of Member States inherent in their fundamental structures, political and constitutional, inclusive of regional and local self-government — Internal organisation of the Member States — Regional authorities — Legal instrument creating a new public-law entity and organising the transfer of powers and responsibilities for the performance of public tasks — Public procurement — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 1(2)(a) — Concept of ‘public contract’. Case C-51/15. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 29 October 2015. Saudaçor – Sociedade Gestora de Recursos e Equipamentos da Saúde dos Açores SA v Fazenda Pública. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 13(1) — Treatment as a non-taxable person — Concept of ‘body governed by public law’ — Limited company which is responsible for the provision of services in respect of the planning and management of the health service of the Autonomous Region of the Azores — Determination of the detailed arrangements for those services, including their remuneration, in programme agreements concluded between that company and that region. Case C-174/14. Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 28 February 2018. MA.T.I. SUD SpA v Centostazioni SpA and Duemme SGR SpA v Associazione Cassa Nazionale di Previdenza e Assistenza in favore dei Ragionieri e Periti Commerciali (CNPR). Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 51 — Rectification of procedural shortfalls in tenders — Directive 2004/17/EC — Clarification of tenders — National legislation making the rectification by tenderers of the documentation submitted subject to the payment of a financial penalty — Principles relating to the award of public works contracts — Principle of equal treatment — Principle of proportionality. Joined Cases C-523/16 and C-536/16. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 26 May 2016. Județul Neamț and Județul Bacău v Ministerul Dezvoltării Regionale și Administrației Publice. References for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bacău. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of the financial interests of the European Union — Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 — European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) — Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 — Award of a contract by the beneficiary of funds acting as contracting authority for the performance of the action eligible for funding — Definition of ‘irregularity’ — Criterion relating to ‘breach of EU law’ — Tendering procedures contrary to national law — Nature of financial corrections adopted by Member States –Administrative measures or penalties. Joined Cases C-260/14 and C-261/14. Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber), 10 July 2014. Consorzio Stabile Libor Lavori Pubblici v Comune di Milano. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per la Lombardia. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Contracts falling below the threshold provided for in Directive 2004/18/EC — Articles 49 TFEU and 56 TFEU — Principle of proportionality — Conditions for exclusion from a tender procedure — Criteria for qualitative selection relating to the personal situation of the tenderer — Obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions — Definition of serious infringement — Difference between the sums owed and those paid which exceeds EUR 100 and is greater than 5% of the sums owed. Case C‑358/12. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 1 March 2018. Proceedings brought by Maria Tirkkonen. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2004/18/EC — Tendering procedure for public contracts for farm advisory services — Whether or not there is a public contract — Scheme for obtaining services open to any economic operator who satisfies previously established conditions — Scheme not subsequently open to other economic operators. Case C-9/17. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 18 June 2020. Proceedings brought by Porin kaupunki. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public procurement – Directive 2004/18/EC – Article 1(2)(a) – Public procurement in the field of transport services – Cooperation agreement between municipalities regarding the organisation and provision of social and healthcare services based on the model of the ‘responsible municipality’ under Finnish law – Transfer of responsibility for the organisation of services to one of the municipalities in the area covered by the cooperation concerned – ‘In-house’ contract – Award of services to a company wholly owned by the responsible municipality without a call for competition. Case C-328/19. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 May 2021. Sotsiaalministeerium v Riigi Tugiteenuste Keskus. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tallinna Ringkonnakohus. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public supply contracts – Directive 2004/18/EC – Articles 2 and 46 – Project financed by the Fund for European Aid to the Most Disadvantaged – Criteria for the selection of tenderers – Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 – Article 6 – Requirement of a registration certificate or approval issued by the national food safety authority of the State in which the contract is to be performed. Case C-6/20. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber), 8 May 2014. Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg and Hochschul-Informations-System GmbH v Datenlotsen Informationssysteme GmbH. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht Hamburg. Public supply contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Award of a contract without initiating a tendering procedure — In-house award — Contractor legally separate from the contracting authority — Condition of ‘similar control’ — Contracting authority and contractor not linked by a relationship of control — Third party public authority exercising partial control over the contracting authority and control over the contractor which could be qualified as ‘similar’ — ‘Horizontal in-house transaction’. Case C‑15/13. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber), 12 September 2013. IVD GmbH & Co. KG v Ärztekammer Westfalen-Lippe. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf. Public procurement — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 1(9), second subparagraph, point (c) — Concept of ‘body governed by public law’ — Condition relating to the financing of the activity, or to management supervision, or to supervision of the activity by the State, by regional or local authorities or other bodies governed by public law — Association of medical practitioners — Financing provided for by law by means of contributions paid by the members of that association — Amount of the contributions fixed by the assembly of that association — Independence of that association in determining the scope and the rules for the performance of its statutory duties. Case C‑526/11. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 8 May 2013. Eric Libert and Others v Gouvernement flamand (C‑197/11) and All Projects & Developments NV and Others v Vlaamse Regering (C‑203/11). Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle (Belgium). Fundamental freedoms — Restriction — Justification — State aid — Concept of ‘public works contract’ — Land and buildings located in certain communes — National legislation making the transfer of land and buildings subject to the condition that there exists a ‘sufficient connection’ between the prospective buyer or tenant and the target commune — Social obligation on subdividers and developers — Tax incentives and subsidy mechanisms. Joined Cases C‑197/11 and C‑203/11. Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 10 November 2016. Edra Costruzioni Soc. coop. and Edilfac Srl v Comune di Maiolati Spontini. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per le Marche. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Public procurement — Directive 2004/18/EC — Directive 2014/24/EU — Participation in a tendering procedure — Tenderer having failed to refer in the tender to the business charges relating to safety and security at work — Judicial obligation to include such a reference — Exclusion from the contract without the possibility of rectifying that omission. Case C-140/16. 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-95/10: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 17 March 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo — Portugal) — Strong Segurança SA v Município de Sintra, Securitas-Serviços e Tecnologia de Segurança (Public service contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 47(2) — Direct effect — Whether applicable to the services referred to in Annex II B to that directive) {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 47 P2 Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 10 November 2016. Spinosa Costruzioni Generali SpA and Melfi Srl v Comune di Monteroduni. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo regionale per il Molise. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Public procurement — Directive 2004/18/EC — Directive 2014/24/EU — Participation in a tendering procedure — Tenderer having failed to refer in the tender to the business charges relating to safety and security at work — Judicial obligation to include such a reference — Exclusion from the contract without the possibility of rectifying that omission. Case C-162/16. Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 4 June 2019. Consorzio Nazionale Servizi Società Cooperativa (CNS) v Gruppo Torinese Trasporti Gtt SpA. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Piemonte. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Public procurement in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors — Directive 2004/18/EC — Point (d) of the first subparagraph of Article 45(2) — Grounds for exclusion — Grave professional misconduct — Infringement of competition rules. Case C-425/18. Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 May 2015. Proceedings brought by Kansaneläkelaitos. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 1(4) — Service concession — Definition — Aggregation of contracts between a social security authority and taxi companies providing for an electronic scheme for direct reimbursement of transport costs of insured persons and a system of booking journeys. Case C-269/14. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 15 October 2009. Hochtief AG and Linde-Kca-Dresden GmbH v Közbeszerzések Tanácsa Közbeszerzési Döntőbizottság. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Fővárosi Ítélőtábla - Hungary. Procedures for the award of public works contracts - Procedures initiated after the entry into force of Directive 2004/18/EC and before the expiry of the period for transposition of that directive - Negotiated procedures with publication of a contract notice - Obligation to admit a minimum number of suitable candidates - Obligation to ensure genuine competition. Case C-138/08. Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 28 March 2019. Idi Srl v Arcadis - Agenzia Regionale Campana Difesa Suolo. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 45(2), first subparagraph, point (b) — Personal situation of the candidate or tenderer — Possibility for the Member States to exclude from participation in a public contract any operator subject to a procedure for an arrangement with creditors — National legislation providing for the exclusion of persons subject to an ‘ongoing’ procedure for a declaration of admission to an arrangement with creditors, except where the insolvency plan provides for the continuation of the business — Operator having filed an application for an arrangement with creditors, reserving the possibility to submit a plan providing for the continuation of the business. Case C-101/18. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 November 2015. RegioPost GmbH & Co. KG v Stadt Landau in der Pfalz. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Koblenz. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 56 TFEU — Freedom to provide services — Restrictions — Directive 96/71/EC — Article 3(1) — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 26 — Public procurement — Postal services — Legislation of a regional entity of a Member State requiring tenderers and their subcontractors to undertake to pay a minimum wage to staff performing the services covered by the public contract. Case C-115/14. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber), 10 October 2013. Swm Costruzioni 2 SpA and Mannocchi Luigino DI v Provincia di Fermo. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per le Marche. Public contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Economic and financial standing — Technical and/or professional ability — Articles 47(2) and 48(3) — Right of an economic operator to rely on the capacities of other entities — Article 52 — Certification system — Public works contracts — National legislation requiring possession of a qualification certificate corresponding to the category and the value of the works covered by the contract — Prohibition on reliance on the certificates of more than one entity for works within the same category. Case C‑94/12. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 8 June 2017. Medisanus d.o.o. v Splošna Bolnišnica Murska Sobota. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Državna revizijska komisija za revizijo postopkov oddaje javnih naročil. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Medicinal products for human use — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 2 and Article 23(2) and (8) — Articles 34 and 36 TFEU — Public contract for supplying a hospital — National legislation requiring that hospitals are to be supplied as a matter of priority with medicinal products obtained from national plasma — Principle of equal treatment. Case C-296/15. Case C-376/08: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 23 December 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per la Lombardia (Italy)) — Serrantoni Srl, Consorzio stabile edili Scrl v Comune di Milano (Public works contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Articles 43 EC and 49 EC — Principle of equal treatment — Groups of undertakings — Prohibition on competing participation in the same tendering procedure by a consorzio stabile ( permanent consortium ) and one of its member companies) {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 7.1 PTC) Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2015. Consorci Sanitari del Maresme v Corporació de Salut del Maresme i la Selva. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Català de Contractes del Sector Públic. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 267 TFEU — Jurisdiction of the Court — Status of the referring body as a court or tribunal — Independence — Compulsory jurisdiction — Directive 89/665/EEC — Article 2 — Bodies responsible for review procedures — Directive 2004/18/EC — Articles 1(8) and 52 — Public procurement procedures — Meaning of ‘public entity’ — Public authorities — Inclusion. Case C-203/14. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 17 March 2011. Strong Segurança SA v Município de Sintra and Securitas-Serviços e Tecnologia de Segurança. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Supremo Tribunal Administrativo - Portugal. Public service contracts - Directive 2004/18/EC - Article 47(2) - Direct effect - Whether applicable to the services referred to in Annex II B to that directive. Case C-95/10. Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 4 June 2020. Asmel societá consortile a r.l. v A.N.A.C. - Autorità Nazionale Anticorruzione. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public procurement – Directive 2004/18/EC – Central purchasing bodies – Small municipalities – Restriction to only two organisational models for central purchasing bodies – Prohibition on using a central purchasing body governed by private law and involving the participation of private entities – Territorial restrictions on the activities of central purchasing bodies. Case C-3/19. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 11 June 2009. Hans & Christophorus Oymanns GbR, Orthopädie Schuhtechnik v AOK Rheinland/Hamburg. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf - Germany. Directive 2004/18/EC - Public supply contracts and public service contracts - Statutory sickness insurance funds - Bodies governed by public law - Contracting authorities - Invitation to tender - Manufacture and supply of orthopaedic footwear individually tailored to patients’ needs - Detailed advice provided to patients. Case C-300/07. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 December 2017. Impresa di Costruzioni Ing. E. Mantovani SpA and Guerrato SpA v Provincia autonoma di Bolzano and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public works contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 45(2) and (3) — Conditions for exclusion from participation in public procurement — Declaration regarding the absence of convictions of former directors of the tendering company — Criminal conduct of a former director — Criminal conviction — Actual and complete dissociation between the tendering company and that director — Evidence — Assessment by the contracting entity of the requirements relating to that obligation. Case C-178/16. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 March 2011. Privater Rettungsdienst und Krankentransport Stadler v Zweckverband für Rettungsdienst und Feuerwehralarmierung Passau. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Oberlandesgericht München - Germany. Public procurement - Directive 2004/18/EC - Public service concession - Rescue service - Distinction between ‘public service contract’ and ‘service concession’. Case C-274/09. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber), 19 December 2012. Azienda Sanitaria Locale di Lecce and Università del Salento v Ordine degli Ingegneri della Provincia di Lecce and Others. Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato. Public contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 1(2)(a) and (d) — Services — Study and evaluation of the seismic vulnerability of hospital structures — Contract concluded between two public entities, one of which is a university — Public entity capable of being classified as an economic operator — Contract for pecuniary interest — Consideration not exceeding the costs incurred. Case C‑159/11. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 23 December 2009. Serrantoni Srl and Consorzio stabile edili Scrl v Comune di Milano. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Tribunale amministrativo regionale per la Lombardia - Italy. Public works contracts - Directive 2004/18/EC - Articles 43 EC and 49 EC - Principle of equal treatment - Groups of undertakings - Prohibition on competing participation in the same tendering procedure by a ‘consorzio stabile’ (‘permanent consortium’) and one of its member companies. Case C-376/08. Case C-216/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 24 April 2017 — Autorità Garante della Concorrenza and Del Mercato — Antitrust, Coopservice Soc. coop. a r.l. v Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale della Vallecamonica — Sebino (ASST) and Others article 32 article 2 paragraph 5 Case C-296/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Državna revizijska komisija za revizijo postopkov oddaje javnih naročil (Slovenia) lodged on 18 June 2015 — Medisanus d.o.o. v Splošna Bolnišnica Murska Sobota article 2 article 23 paragraph 8 article 23 paragraph 2 Case C-74/23, Parchetul de pe lângă Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție — D.N.A. Serviciul Teritorial Brașov: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Ploieşti (Romania) lodged on 10 February 2023 — Criminal proceedings against C.A.A., C.F.G., C.G.C., C.D.R., G.L.C., G.S., L.C.I., M.G., M.C.G., N.A.S., P.C., U.V., S.O., Ş.V.O., C.V., I.R.P., B.I.I. Case C-408/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel București (Romania) lodged on 21 July 2016 — Compania Națională de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România SA v Ministerul Fondurilor Europene — Direcția Generală Managementul Fondurilor Externe Case C-402/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 15 June 2018 — Tedeschi Srl, acting in its own behalf and as agent of a temporary association of undertakings, Consorzio Stabile Istant Service, acting in its own behalf and as principal of a temporary association of undertakings v C.M. Service Srl, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza Case C-578/23, Česká republika — Generální finanční ředitelství: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 19 September 2023 — Česká republika — Generální finanční ředitelství v Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže article 31 paragraph 1 point (b) 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 Case C-178/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 24 March 2016 — Impresa di Costruzioni Ing. E. Association Mantovani SpA and Guerrato SpA v Provincia autonoma di Bolzano, Agenzia per i procedimenti e la vigilanza in materia di contratti pubblici di lavori servizi e forniture (ACP), Autorità nazionale anticorruzione (ANAC) article 45 paragraph 2 point (g) article 45 paragraph 2 point (c) article 45 paragraph 3 point (a) Case C-82/24, Veolia Water Technologies and Others: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie (Poland) lodged on 1 February 2024 – Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Wodociągów i Kanalizacji w m. st. Warszawie S.A. v Veolia Water Technologies sp. z o.o., Krüger A/S, OTV France, Haarslev Industries GmbH, Warbud S.A. Case C-101/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 12 February 2018 — Idi Srl v Arcadis — Agenzia Regionale Campana Difesa Suolo article 45 article 45 paragraph 2 point (b) article 45 paragraph 2 point (a) Case C-298/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Brașov (Romania) lodged on 10 May 2021 — S. C. Techno-Gaz K.F.T. PAKS v U. A. T. Comuna Dalnic Case C-710/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 18 December 2017 — CCC — Consorzio Cooperative Costruzioni Soc. Cooperativa v Comune di Tarvisio Case C-287/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 12 June 2015 — Società LIS Srl, Società Cerutti Lorenzo Srl v Abbanoa SpA article 48 article 45 paragraph 2 point (a) article 45 paragraph 2 point (b) 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 47 paragraph 4 article 47 paragraph 1 point (a) article 47 paragraph 5 Case C-46/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Central Administrativo Sul (Portugal) lodged on 5 February 2015 — Ambiente e Sistemas de Informação Geográfica Lda. (Ambisig) v AICP — Associação de Industriais do Concelho de Pombal article 48 paragraph 2 point (a) PTII) TIRE2 Case C-413/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas (Lithuania) lodged on 10 July 2017 — UAB ‘Roche Lietuva’ v VšĮ Kauno Dainavos poliklinika article 2 article 23 annex VI Case C-9/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus (Finland) lodged on 9 January 2017 — Maria Tirkkonen article 1 paragraph 2 point (a) Case C-171/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) lodged on 15 April 2015 — Connexxion Taxi Services BV v Staat der Nederlanden (Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport) and Others article 45 paragraph 2 L 1 article 45 paragraph 2 Case C-6/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tallinna Ringkonnakohus (Estonia) lodged on 7 January 2020 — Sotsiaalministeerium v Innove SA Case C-387/14: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Krajowa Izba Odwoławcza (Poland) lodged on 14 August 2014 — Esaprojekt sp. z o.o. v Województwo Łódzkie article 48 paragraph 2 point (a) article 45 paragraph 2 point (g) article 51 article 44 Case C-65/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione (Italy) lodged on 6 February 2017 — Oftalma Hospital Srl v CIOV -Commissione Istituti Ospitalieri Valdesi, Regione Piemonte Case C-129/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Аdministrativen sad Sofia-grad (Bulgaria) lodged on 16 March 2015 — H. M. v Agentsia za darzhavna finansova inspektsia (ADFI) Case C-404/23, Gi One: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 3 July 2023 — Gi One SpA v Consip SpA Case C-425/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Piemonte (Italy) lodged on 28 June 2018 — Consorzio Nazionale Servizi Società Cooperativa (CNS) v Gruppo Torinese Trasporti Gtt SpA article 45 paragraph 2 point (d) Case C-35/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Krajowa Izba Odwoławcza (Poland) lodged on 24 January 2017 — Saferoad Grawil sp. z o.o., Saferoad Kabex sp. z o.o. v Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad Oddział w Poznaniu Case C-155/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (France) lodged on 16 March 2016 — Sarval Sud-Est SAS, Siffda Bretagne SAS, Siffda Centre SAS, Siram SARL, Francisque Gay, Patrick Legras de Grandcourt v Association ATM Porc, Association ATM Avicole, Association ATM équidés Angee, Association ATM éleveurs de ruminants, Association ATM lapins Clipp, Association ATM palmipèdes gras — Cifog, Association ATM ponte — CNPO, Atemax France SAS, Monnard Jura SNC, Fédération nationale bovine (FNB), Fédération nationale porcine Case C-403/23, Luxone: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 30 June 2023 — Luxone Srl, in its own name and as agent of the RTI to be established with Iren Smart Solutions SpA v Consip SpA Case C-285/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas (Lithuania) lodged on 25 April 2018 — Kauno miesto savivaldybė, Kauno miesto savivaldybės administracija article 1 paragraph 2 point (a) article 1 paragraph 4 article 12 article 2 Case C-542/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Santa Maria Capua Vetere (Italy) lodged on 16 October 2015 — Criminal proceedings against Angela Manzo Case C-567/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vilniaus apygardos teismas (Lithuania) lodged on 2 November 2015 — LitSpecMet UAB v Vilniaus lokomotyvų remonto depas UAB 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 1 paragraph 2 point (b) Case C-406/14: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Wojewódzki Sąd Administracyjny w Warszawie (Poland) lodged on 27 August 2014 — Wrocław — Miasto na prawach powiatu v Minister Infrastruktury i Rozwoju Case C-27/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Giustizia Amministrativa per la Regione siciliana (Italy) lodged on 22 January 2015 — Pippo Pizzo v CRGT srl Case C-225/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Reggio Calabria (Italy) lodged on 15 May 2015 — Criminal proceedings against Domenico POLITANO’ Case C-328/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus (Finland) lodged on 19 April 2019 — Porin kaupunki article 1 paragraph 2 point (a) Case C-425/14: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Giustizia Amministrativa per la Regione Siciliana (Italy) lodged on 17 September 2014 — Impresa Edilux Srl, as the representative of a temporary joint venture, and Società Italiana Costruzioni e Forniture Srl (SICEF) v Assessorato Beni Culturali e Identità Siciliana — Servizio Soprintendenza Provincia di Trapani, Assessorato ai Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana, UREGA — Sezione provinciale di Trapani and Assessorato delle Infrastrutture e della Mobilità della Regione Siciliana 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 31 point 1 point (b) article 28 Case C-110/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 23 February 2016 — Lg Costruzioni Srl v Area — Azienda Regionale per l’Edilizia Abitativa — Distretto di Carbonia, Area — Azienda Regionale per l’Edilizia Abitativa Case C-266/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 17 May 2017 — Rhein-Sieg-Kreis v Verkehrsbetrieb Hüttebräucker GmbH, BVR Busverkehr Rheinland GmbH Case C-223/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 20 April 2016 — Casertana Costruzioni Srl v Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti — Provveditorato Interregionale per le opere pubbliche della Campania e del Molise, Azienda Regionale Campana per la Difesa del Suolo — A.R.CA.DI.S. article 47 paragraph 2 article 48 paragraph 3 Case C-606/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 20 October 2017 — IBA Molecular Italy Srl v Azienda ULSS n. 3 and Others Case C-267/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 17 May 2017 — Rhenus Veniro GmbH & Co. KG v Kreis Heinsberg Case C-199/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 29 April 2015 — Ciclat Soc. Coop. v Consip SpA, Autorità per la Vigilanza sui Contratti pubblici di lavori, servizi e forniture Case C-545/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio (Italy) lodged on 31 August 2021 — ANAS SpA v Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti article 45 paragraph 2 point (d) Legal basis Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) Part Three: Community policies Title VI: Common rules on competition, taxation and approximation of laws Chapter 3: Approximation of laws Article 95 Article 100a - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version) Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) Part Five: Institutions of the Community Title I: Provisions governing the institutions Chapter 2: Provisions common to several institutions Article 251 Article 189b - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version) Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) Part Three: Community policies Title III: Free movement of persons, services and capital Chapter 3: Services Article 55 Article 66 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version) Article 66 - EEC Treaty Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) Part Three: Community policies Title III: Free movement of persons, services and capital Chapter 2: Right of establishment Article 47 Article 57 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version) Article 57 - EEC Treaty EuroVoc Vocabulary Administrative transparency Simplification of formalities Works contract Supplies contract Freedom of establishment General Award of contract Principle of legal certainty Services contract Public procurement in the European Union Approximation of laws