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Recent developments in the case law of the Court of Justice in the field of public procurement

(March 2016 - March 2017)

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This paper provides a concise presentation of judgments of the Court of Justice in the field of public procurement, handed down between March 2016 and March 2017, which add interesting new elements to the Court’s case law. It focuses on developments concerning the scope of application of the public procurement directives, the qualitative selection of tenderers, the award of the public contract and the judicial protection awarded to tenderers.

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  1. Case C-51/15 Remondis GmbH & Co. KG Region Nord v Region Hannover, EU:C:2016:985.

  2. Ibid, paras 40-41.

  3. Ibid, paras 42-44.

  4. Ibid, paras 47, 49 and 51.

  5. Case C-410/14 Dr. Falk Pharma GmbH v DAK-Gesundheit, EU:C:2016:399.

  6. Ibid, paras 37, 38, 44 and 45.

  7. Case C-15/13 Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, Hochschul-Informations-System GmbH v Datenlotsen Informationssysteme GmbH, EU:C:2014:303, para. 29.

  8. Case C-107/98 Teckal Srl v Comune di Viano and Azienda Gas-Acqua Consorziale (AGAC) di Reggio Emilia, EU:C:1999:562, para. 50.

  9. Case C-553/15 Undis Servizi Srl v Comune di Sulmona, EU:C:2016:935, para. 41.

  10. Case C-129/15 H.M. v Agentsia za darzhavna finansova inspektsia (ADFI), EU:C:2016:540, para. 26 and Case C-214/15 Município de Vila Pouca de Aguiar v Sá Machado & Filhos SA and Norcep Construções e Empreendimentos Lda, EU:C:2016:548, para. 33.

  11. C-318/15 Tecnoedi Costruzioni Srl v Comune di Fossano, EU:C:2016:747.

  12. Ibid, paras 22-25.

  13. Case C-27/15 Pippo Pizzo v CRGT Srl, EU:C:2016:404.

  14. Ibid, para. 51. Adde Case C-162/16 Spinosa Costruzioni Generali SpA and Melfi Srl v Comune di Monteroduni, EU:C:2016:870.

  15. Case C-171/15 Connexxion Taxi Services BV v Staat der Nederlanden (Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport) and Others, EU:C:2016:948.

  16. Ibid, paras 28-44.

  17. Case C-324/14 Partner Apelski Dariusz v Zarząd Oczyszczania Miasta [2016] paras 33 and 35. As the Court notes, this is, in particular, consistent with the fact that Article 25 of Directive 2004/18 provides for the use of subcontractors without imposing any limits in that regard (see Case C-94/12 Swm Costruzioni 2 SpA and Mannocchi Luigino DI v Provincia di Fermo, EU:C:2013:646, para. 31).

  18. Case C-406/14 Wrocław - Miasto na prawach powiatu v Minister Infrastruktury i Rozwoju, EU:C:2016:562.

  19. Ibid, para. 37. Conversely, the Court ruled that, under Regulation 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road, a contracting authority may set at 70% the proportion of self-provision by the operator responsible for the administration and performance of a contract for public passenger transport by bus (Case C-292/15 Hörmann Reisen GmbH v Stadt Augsburg and Landkreis Augsburg, EU:C:2016:817, paras 49-57). This is because Article 4(7) of this Regulation authorizes a contracting authority to prohibit the contractor subcontracting public passenger transport services by bus.

  20. Case C-27/15 Pippo Pizzo v CRGT Srl, EU:C:2016:404, paras 28-29.

  21. Case C-324/14 Partner Apelski Dariusz v Zarząd Oczyszczania Miasta, EU:C:2016:214, paras 41-47.

  22. Case C-549/14 Finn Frogne A/S v Rigspolitiet ved Center for Beredskabskommunikation, EU:C:2016:634, paras 30 and 36.

  23. Ibid, paras 32-37.

  24. Case C-324/14, Partner Apelski Dariusz v Zarząd Oczyszczania Miasta, EU:C:2016:214, para. 76.

  25. Ibid, paras 77 and 78.

  26. Case C-6/15 TNS Dimarso NV v Vlaams Gewest, EU:C:2016:555.

  27. Article 53(2) of Directive 2004/18; Case C-368/10 European Commission v Kingdom of the Netherlands [2012], para. 56; Case C-6/15 TNS Dimarso NV v Vlaams Gewest, EU:C:2016:555, para. 25.

  28. Case C-252/10 P Evropaïki Dynamiki - Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE v Agence européenne pour la sécurité maritime (EMSA), EU:C:2011:512, para. 33.

  29. Case C-6/15 TNS Dimarso NV v Vlaams Gewest, EU:C:2016:555, paras 27-32.

  30. Ibid, paras 33-35.

  31. Case C-396/14 MT Højgaard A/S and Züblin A/S v Banedanmark, EU:C:2016:347.

  32. Ibid, paras 39-41.

  33. Ibid, paras 43 and 44.

  34. Joined cases C-439/14 and C-488/14 SC Star Storage SA and Others v Institutul Naţional de Cercetare-Dezvoltare în Informatică (ICI) and Others, EU:C:2016:68.

  35. Ibid, paras 47-63.

  36. Case C-689/13 Puligienica Facility Esco SpA (PFE) v Airgest SpA [2016], paras 28-30.

  37. Case C-355/15 Bietergemeinschaft Technische Gebäudebetreuung GesmbH und Caverion Österreich GmbH v Universität für Bodenkultur Wien and VAMED Management und Service GmbH & Co KG, EU:C:2016:988.

  38. Case C-100/12 Fastweb SpA v Azienda Sanitaria Locale di Alessandria, EU:C:2013:448.

  39. Ibid, para. 33.

  40. Case C-689/13 Puligienica Facility Esco SpA (PFE) v Airgest SpA, EU:C:2016:199, paras 28-30.

  41. Case C-355/15 Bietergemeinschaft Technische Gebäudebetreuung GesmbH und Caverion Österreich GmbH v Universität für Bodenkultur Wien and VAMED Management und Service GmbH & Co KG, EU:C:2016:988, paras 30-36.

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Lycourgos, C. Recent developments in the case law of the Court of Justice in the field of public procurement. ERA Forum 18, 107–119 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12027-017-0460-9

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