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| 2.4.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 82/2 |
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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE

(Second Chamber)

of 13 January 2005

in Case C-84/03 Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain( 1 )

(Failure to fulfil obligations - Directives 93/36/EEC and 93/37/EEC - Public contracts - Award procedure for public supply and public works contracts - Scope - Definition of contracting authority - Inter-administrative cooperation agreements - Definition of contract - Use of the negotiated procedure in cases not provided for by the directive)

(2005/C 82/04)

Language of the case: Spanish

In Case C-84/03, concerning an action for failure to fulfil obligations under Article 226 EC, brought on 26 February 2003 by the Commission of the European Communities (Agents: K. Wiedner and G. Valero Jordana) against the Kingdom of Spain (Agent: S. Ortiz Vaamonde), the Court of Justice (Second Chamber), composed of C.W.A. Timmermans, President of the Chamber, R. Schintgen, J. Makarczyk (Rapporteur), G. Arestis and J. Klučka, Judges; Advocate General, J. Kokott; Registrar, R. Grass, gave a judgment on 13 January 2005, in which it:

| 1. | Declares that by failing to transpose correctly into its national legal system Council Directive 93/36/EEC of 14 June 1993 coordinating procedures for the award of public supply contracts and Council Directive 93/37/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts and, in particular,
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by excluding from the scope of the Ley de Contratos de las Administraciones Públicas (Law on contracts awarded by public authorities) of 16 June 2000, in the codified version approved by the Real Decreto Legislativo 2/2000 of 16 June 2000, more particularly in Article 1(3) thereof, the private law undertakings fulfilling the requirements laid down in the first, second and third indents of the second subparagraph of Article 1(b) of each of those directives; —
by excluding absolutely from the scope of that law, in Article 3(1)(c) thereof, cooperation agreements concluded between public authorities and the other public undertakings and, therefore, also agreements which constitute public contracts for the purpose of those directives; and —
by permitting, in Article 141(a) and Article 182(a) and (g) of that law, the negotiated procedure to be used in two cases which are not provided for in those directives, the Kingdom of Spain has failed to fulfil its obligations under those directives; | — | by excluding from the scope of the Ley de Contratos de las Administraciones Públicas (Law on contracts awarded by public authorities) of 16 June 2000, in the codified version approved by the Real Decreto Legislativo 2/2000 of 16 June 2000, more particularly in Article 1(3) thereof, the private law undertakings fulfilling the requirements laid down in the first, second and third indents of the second subparagraph of Article 1(b) of each of those directives; | — | by excluding absolutely from the scope of that law, in Article 3(1)(c) thereof, cooperation agreements concluded between public authorities and the other public undertakings and, therefore, also agreements which constitute public contracts for the purpose of those directives; and | — | by permitting, in Article 141(a) and Article 182(a) and (g) of that law, the negotiated procedure to be used in two cases which are not provided for in those directives, |
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| — | by excluding from the scope of the Ley de Contratos de las Administraciones Públicas (Law on contracts awarded by public authorities) of 16 June 2000, in the codified version approved by the Real Decreto Legislativo 2/2000 of 16 June 2000, more particularly in Article 1(3) thereof, the private law undertakings fulfilling the requirements laid down in the first, second and third indents of the second subparagraph of Article 1(b) of each of those directives; | | | | | | |
| — | by excluding absolutely from the scope of that law, in Article 3(1)(c) thereof, cooperation agreements concluded between public authorities and the other public undertakings and, therefore, also agreements which constitute public contracts for the purpose of those directives; and | | | | | | |
| — | by permitting, in Article 141(a) and Article 182(a) and (g) of that law, the negotiated procedure to be used in two cases which are not provided for in those directives, | | | | | | |

| 2. | Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs. |
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( 1 )  OJ C 101 of 26.4.2003

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