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Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 3 February 2026 –Regione Umbria
(Case C‑316/25)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Questions the answer to which may be clearly deduced from the Court’s existing case-law – Public procurement – Directive 2014/24/EU – Article 12(4) – Award of a contract to a non-economic public entity without a call for tenders – Exemption relating to contracts concerning cooperation between public entities – Contract entrusting a non-economic public entity with the management of motor vehicle tax registers)
Approximation of laws – Procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts – Directive 2014/24 – Public contracts between entities within the public sector – Exclusion of contracts covered by cooperation between public bodies – Conditions under which applicable – Scope – Contract having as its sole purpose the acquisition of a service in return for the payment of a fee – Exclusion
(European Parliament and Council Directive 2014/24, Art. 12(4))
(see paragraphs 23, 24, operative part)
Operative part
Article 12(4) 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,
must be interpreted as meaning that it precludes a national provision which permits public service contracts relating to the management of the regional motor vehicle tax archive to be awarded directly without a call for tenders to a non-economic public entity that has the task of managing the national public motor vehicle archive, where the sole purpose of that contract is that of acquiring a service in return for payment of a fee.