62020CJ0006_SUM
Case C‑6/20
Sotsiaalministeerium
v
Riigi Tugiteenuste Keskus
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tallinna Ringkonnakohus)
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 May 2021
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public supply contracts – Directive 2004/18/EC – Articles 2 and 46 – Project financed by the Fund for European Aid to the Most Disadvantaged – Criteria for the selection of tenderers – Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 – Article 6 – Requirement of a registration certificate or approval issued by the national food safety authority of the State in which the contract is to be performed)
Approximation of laws – Procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts – Directive 2004/18 – Award of contracts – Criteria for qualitative selection – Technical and professional ability – Principle of mutual recognition of qualifications – Principles of proportionality and equal treatment of tenderers
(European Parliament and Council Directive 2004/18, recital 42 and Arts 2 and 46)
(see paragraphs 44-46, 48, 49, 52, 55, 66, operative part 1)
Approximation of laws – Procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts – Directive 2004/18 – Procedure for the award of a public contract concerning food aid
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 852/2004, Art. 6; European Parliament and Council Directive 2004/18, Art. 46)
(see paragraphs 58-65)
EU law – Principles – Protection of legitimate expectations – Limits – European Union public contracts
(European Parliament and Council Directive 2004/18)
(see paragraphs 69-72, operative part 2)
See the text of the decision.