62021CO0316_INF
Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 6 October 2021 – Monument Vandekerckhove
(Case C‑316/21) (
1
)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Directive 2014/24/EU – Conduct of the procedure – Choice of participants and award of contracts – Article 63 – Tenderer relying on the capacities of another entity in order to meet the requirements of the contracting authority – Failure to meet the requirements relating to the technical and professional ability of the tenderer by the entity on whose capacities the tenderer intends to rely – Obligation to allow that tenderer to replace that entity – Principle of proportionality)
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 – Tenderer relying on the capacities of another entity – Selection criteria not fulfilled by that entity – Obligation on the contracting authority to request that the tenderer replace that entity – Compliance with the principles of equal treatment and proportionality
(European Parliament and Council Directive 2014/24, Arts 18(1) and 63(1))
(see paras 36, 39, 40, 42-45, operative part)
Operative part
The second subparagraph of Article 63(1) of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC, read in conjunction with the principles of equal treatment, non-discrimination and proportionality as set out in Article 18(1) of that directive, must be interpreted as meaning that, where it ascertains that an entity on whose capacity an economic operator intends to rely does not fulfil the selection criteria, the contracting authority is obliged to request that the economic operator replace that entity, if it does not wish to be excluded from the public procurement procedure concerned.
(
1
)	OJ C 320, 9.8.2021.