Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2011:161
Date: 2011-03-17
Language of the case: Portuguese
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Right of establishment;Approximation of laws;Freedom to provide services
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Portugal

Summary of the Judgment Approximation of laws – Procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts – Services referred to in Annex II B Directive 2004/18 (European Parliament and Council Directive 2004/18, Art. 47(2) and Annex II B) Directive 2004/18 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts does not create the obligation, for Member States, to apply Article 47(2) of that directive also to contracts which have as their object services referred to in Annex II B thereto. However, that directive does not preclude Member States and, possibly, contracting authorities from providing for such application in, respectively, their legislation and the documents relating to the contract. (see para. 46, operative part)