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Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 26 September 2024 –Agentsia za darzhavna finansova inspektsia
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(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court – Directive 2014/24/EU – Procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts – Contracting authority – Concept of ‘body governed by public law’ – Application to a public contract the estimated value of which is less than the application thresholds of the Directive)
Approximation of laws – Procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts – Directive 2014/24 – Scope – National legislation providing for the application of the definition of body governed by public law to contracts with a value below the threshold laid down by the Directive – Whether permissible
(European Parliament and Council Directive 2014/24, recital 1 and Art. 2(1)(4))
(see paragraphs 27-31, operative part)
Operative part
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, as amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2365 of 18 December 2017,
must be interpreted as meaning that it does not preclude national legislation under which the rules of that directive and, in particular, the definition of a ‘body governed by public law’, contained in Article 2(1)(4) of that directive, apply to public contracts the estimated value of which is less than the application thresholds provided for in Article 4 of that directive.
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)	OJ C 643, 13.11.2023.