62021CJ0416_SUM
Case C‑416/21
Landkreis Aichach-Friedberg
v
J. Sch. OmnibusunternehmenandK. Reisen GmbH
(Request for a preliminary rulingfrom the Bayerisches Oberstes Landesgericht)
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 15 September 2022
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public procurement procedures – Directive 2014/24/EU – Point (d) of the first subparagraph of Article 57(4) – Optional grounds for exclusion – Agreements with other economic operators aimed at distorting competition – Directive 2014/25/EU – Article 36(1) – Principles of proportionality and equal treatment of tenderers – Article 80(1) – Use of exclusion grounds and selection criteria provided for under Directive 2014/24/EU – Tenderers which constitute an economic unit and have submitted separate tenders that were neither autonomous nor independent – Need for sufficiently plausible indications to establish an infringement of Article 101 TFEU)
Approximation of laws – Procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts – Directive 2014/24 – Award of contracts – Grounds for exclusion from participation in a tender procedure –Agreements entered into by an economic operator with other economic operators aimed at distorting competition – Concept of agreement – Scope
(Art. 101 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Directives 2014/24, as amended by Regulation 2017/2365, recital 101 and Arts 2(1), point 10, and 57(4), first subpara., point (d), and 2014/25, as amended by Regulation 2017/2364, Art. 80(1), third subpara.)
(see paragraphs 41-48, 51, operative part 1)
Approximation of laws – Procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts – Directive 2014/24 – Award of contracts – Grounds for exclusion from participation in a tender procedure – Exhaustive nature of the list of grounds set out in Article 57(4) of the directive – Principle of equal treatment of tenderers
(European Parliament and Council Directives 2014/24, as amended by Regulation 2017/2365, recital 101 and Arts 2(1), point 10, and 57(4), and 2014/25, as amended by Regulation 2017/2364, Arts 36(1) and 80(1), third subpara.)
(see paragraphs 54-57, 60-62, 64, operative part 2)
See the text of the decision.