Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors Basic information Dates Date of document: Date of publication: Date of effect: April 30, 2004 Entry into force - Date pub. See Art 74 Date of transposition: January 31, 2006 At the latest See Art 71.1 Date of end of validity: Modified by Corrected by: Modified by: All documents based on this document: Derogated in: 2011/306/UE: Décision d'exécution de la Commission du 20 mai 2011 établissant que l'article 30, paragraphe 1, de la directive 2004/17/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil portant coordination des procédures de passation des marchés dans les secteurs de l'eau, de l'énergie, des transports et des services postaux ne s’applique pas à l'extraction de charbon bitumineux en République tchèque [notifiée sous le numéro C(2011) 3406] Texte présentant de l'intérêt pour l'EEE Repealed by: Modifies Repeal: Implicit repeal: Affected by case Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 July 2018. VAR Srl and Azienda Trasporti Milanesi SpA (ATM) v Iveco Orecchia SpA. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2004/17/EC — Article 34 — Supply of spare parts for buses and trolley-buses — Technical specifications — Equivalent products — Whether proof of equivalence may be provided after the contract has been awarded. Case C-14/17. Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 28 February 2019. Konkurrensverket v SJ AB. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement procedures in the transport sector — Directive 2004/17/EC — Scope — Article 5 — Activities relating to the provision or operation of networks to provide a service to the public in the field of transport by railways — Award, by a public national railway undertaking providing transport services, of cleaning service contracts for trains belonging to that undertaking — No prior publication. Case C-388/17. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 September 2009. Wasser- und Abwasserzweckverband Gotha und Landkreisgemeinden (WAZV Gotha) v Eurawasser Aufbereitungs- und Entsorgungsgesellschaft mbH. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Thüringer Oberlandesgericht - Germany. Procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors - Public service for the distribution of drinking water and the treatment of sewage - Service concession - Definition - Transfer to the supplier of the risk connected with operating the service in question. Case C-206/08. Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 13 July 2017. Malpensa Logistica Europa SpA v SEA - Società Esercizi Aeroportuali SpA. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Lombardia. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Transport — Definition of ‘exploitation of a geographical area for the purpose of the provisions of airports or other terminal facilities to carriers by air’ — Directives 2004/17/EC and 96/67/EC — National legislation which does not require a tendering procedure to be conducted prior to the allocation of areas within an airport. Case C-701/15. 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 (Second Chamber) of 10 November 2011. Norma-A SIA and Dekom SIA v Latgales plānošanas reģions. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Augstākās tiesas Senāts - Latvia. Public procurement - Directive 2004/17/EC - Article 1(3)(b) - Directive 92/13/EEC - Article 2d(1)(b) - Concept of ‘service concession’ - Provision of public bus services - Right to operate the services and compensation of the service provider for losses - Risk associated with operation of the service limited by national law and the contract - Appeal procedures in the field of public contracts - Direct applicability of Article 2d(1)(b) of Directive 92/13/EEC to contracts concluded before the expiry of the time-limit for the transposition of Directive 2007/66/EC. Case C-348/10. 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. A04 A02P1LAL2 A07 A06 A05 A03 Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 19 April 2018. Consorzio Italian Management and Catania Multiservizi SpA v Rete Ferroviaria Italiana SpA. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors — Directive 2004/17/EC — Obligation to review prices after the award of the contract — No such obligation in Directive 2004/17/EC or arising from the general principles underlying Article 56 TFEU and Directive 2004/17/EC — Cleaning and maintenance services linked to railway transport operations — Article 3(3) TEU — Articles 26, 57, 58 and 101 TFEU — Lack of sufficient information concerning the factual context of the dispute in the main proceedings and the reasons justifying the need for a reply to the questions referred — Inadmissibility — Article 16 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Provision of national law not implementing EU law — Lack of jurisdiction. Case C-152/17. 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} 3 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 5 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 6 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 7 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 2.1 PTA) L2 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 4 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 (Grand Chamber) of 24 May 2016. MT Højgaard A/S and Züblin A/S v Banedanmark. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Klagenævnet for Udbud. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 267 TFEU — Jurisdiction of the Court — Status of the referring body as a court or tribunal — Procurement procedure in railway infrastructure sector — Negotiated procedure — Directive 2004/17/EC — Article 10 — Article 51(3) — Principle of equal treatment of tenderers — Group composed of two companies and admitted as such as a tenderer — Tender submitted by one of the two companies, in its own name, the other company having been declared insolvent — Company considered to be capable, by itself, of being admitted as a tenderer — Contract awarded to that company. Case C-396/14. Case C-206/08: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 September 2009 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Thüringer Oberlandesgericht (Germany)) — Wasser- und Abwasserzweckverband Gotha und Landkreisgemeinden (WAZV Gotha) v Eurawasser Aufbereitungs- und Entsorgungsgesellschaft mbH (Procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors — Public service for the distribution of drinking water and the treatment of sewage — Service concession — Definition — Transfer to the supplier of the risk connected with operating the service in question) {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 1.3 B) Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 5 April 2017. UAB ‘Borta’ v VĮ Klaipėdos valstybinio jūrų uosto direkcija. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2004/17/EC — Contract not reaching the threshold laid down by that directive — Articles 49 and 56 TFEU — Limit on reliance on subcontracting — Submission of a common tender — Professional capacities of the tenderers — Changes to the tender specifications. Case C-298/15. Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 11 May 2017. Archus sp. z o.o. and Gama Jacek Lipik v Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Krajowa Izba Odwoławcza. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2004/17/EC — Principles of awarding contracts — Article 10 — Principle of equal treatment of tenderers — Requirement for contracting authorities to request tenderers to amend or supplement their tender — Right of the contracting authority to retain the bank guarantee in the event of refusal — Directive 92/13/EEC — Article 1(3) — Review procedures — Decision to award a public contract — Exclusion of a tenderer — Actions for annulment — Interest in bringing proceedings. Case C-131/16. Case C-152/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 24 March 2017 — Consorzio Italian Management and Catania Multiservizi SpA v Rete Ferroviaria Italiana SpA Case C-459/23, E.: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy (Poland) lodged on 21 July 2023 — E. S.A v W. sp. z o.o. and Bank S.A. article 16 point (a) article 20 article 1 paragraph 4 article 2 paragraph 1 point (b) article 14 article 1 paragraph 2 point (c) article 3 paragraph 3 point (b) Case C-131/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Krajowa Izba Odwoławcza (Poland) lodged on 1 March 2016 — Archus sp. z o.o., Gama Jacek Lipik v Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. Case C-388/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen (Sweden) lodged on 29 June 2017 — Konkurrensverket v SJ AB article 5 paragraph 1 L 1 article 5 paragraph 1 L 2 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 53 paragraph 3 article 54 paragraph 4 Case C-298/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas (Lithuania) lodged on 18 June 2015 — ‘Borta’ UAB v VĮ Klaipėdos valstybinio jūrų uosto direkcija article 38 article 37 article 53 article 10 article 54 article 47 article 46 Case C-701/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Lombardia (Italy) lodged on 31 December 2015 — Malpensa Logistica Europa SpA v SEA — Società Esercizi Aeroportuali SpA Case C-561/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 23 July 2019 — Consorzio Italian Management, Catania Multiservizi SpA v Rete Ferroviaria Italiana SpA Case C-327/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus (Finland) lodged on 19 April 2019 — Nobina Finland Oy 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-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-14/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italia) lodged on 11 January 2017 — VAR Srl v Iveco Orecchia SpA Legal basis 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 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 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 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) EuroVoc Vocabulary Services contract Petroleum exploration Transport lines General Postal service Water Public procurement in the European Union Service concession Mineral prospecting Award of contract Approximation of laws Energy distribution