62024CJ0812_SUM
Case C‑812/24
LIPOR – Associação de Municípios para a Gestão Sustentável de Resíduos do Grande Porto and PreZero Portugal, S.A.
v
Semural Waste & Energy, S.A.
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo)
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 22 January 2026
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public procurement of service, supply and works contracts – Directive 2014/24/EU – Award of contracts – Article 2(1)(10) – Concept of ‘economic operator’ – Inclusion of a subsidiary wholly owned by the parent company – Article 63 – Reliance on the capacities of other entities of persons linked with that undertaking – Article 59(1) – Freedom to prove that the capacities of other entities have been made available – Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/7 – Annex 1 and point C of Part II of Annex 2 – Submission of several European Single Procurement Documents (ESPD) – Purpose of the ESPD)
Approximation of laws – Procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts – Directive 2014/24 – Concept of economic operator – Subsidiary wholly owned by the parent company – Included
(Art. 101 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Directive 2014/24, recital 14 and Arts 2(1)(10), 58 and 63(1))
(see paragraphs 41-43, 46-50, operative part 1)
Approximation of laws – Procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts – Directive 2014/24 – Grounds for exclusion – Reliance on the capacities of other entities of persons linked with that undertaking – Reliance on the capacities of a subsidiary wholly owned by the parent company – Director of the subsidiary who is also one of the directors of the parent company – Tender not accompanied by the subsidiary’s European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) – Possibility of regularisation – Conditions
(European Parliament and Council Directive 2014/24, Arts 56(3) to 59(1), 65 and 72(3)(a); Commission Regulation 2016/7, Annex 1 and Annex 2, Part II, point C)
(see paragraphs 52, 55-58, 61, 63-65, operative part 2)
See the text of the decision.