Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 7 December 2000 in Case C-94/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesvergabeamt (Austria)): ARGE Gewässerschutz v Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft (Public service contracts — Directive 92/50/EEC — Procedure for the award of public procurement contracts — Equal treatment of tenderers — Discrimination on grounds of nationality — Freedom to provide services)
Date: 2001-04-07
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: award of contract, freedom to provide services, interpretation of the law, public contract, restriction on competition

7.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 108/1

I

(Information)

COURT OF JUSTICE

COURT OF JUSTICE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Sixth Chamber)

of 7 December 2000

in Case C-94/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Bundesvergabeamt (Austria)): ARGE Gewässerschutz
v Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft (1)

2.

(Public service contracts — Directive 92/50/EEC — Pro-
cedure for the award of public procurement contracts —
Equal treatment of tenderers — Discrimination on grounds
of nationality — Freedom to provide services)

(2001/C 108/01)

(Language of the case: German)

(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
in the European Court Reports)

In Case C-94/99: reference to the Court under Article 177 of
the EC Treaty (now Article 234 EC) from the Bundesverga-
beamt (Federal Procurement Office), Austria for a preliminary
ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between
ARGE Gewässerschutz and Bundesministerium für Land- und
Forstwirtschaft — on the interpretation of Council Directive
92/50/EC of 18 June 1992 relating to the coordination of
procedures for the award of public service contracts (OJ 1992
L 209, p. 1), and of Article 59 of the EC Treaty (now, after
amendment, Article 49 EC) — the Court (Sixth Chamber),
composed of: C. Gulmann (Rapporteur), President of the
Chamber, J.-P. Puissochet and F. Macken, Judges; P. Léger,
Advocate General; H.A. Rühl, Principal Administrator, for the
Registrar, has given a judgment on 7 December 2000, in
which it has ruled:

1.

The mere fact that the contracting authority allows bodies
receiving subsidies of any kind, whether from that contracting
authority or from other authorities, which enable them to
submit tenders at prices appreciably lower than those of the

other, unsubsidised, tenderers, to take part in a procedure for
the award of a public service contract does not amount to a
breach of the principle of equal treatment laid down in Council
Directive 92/50/EEC of 18 June 1992 relating to the
coordination of procedures for the award of public service
contracts.

The mere fact that a contracting authority allows such bodies to
take part in a procedure for the award of a public service
contract does not constitute either covert discrimination or a
restriction contrary to Article 59 of the EC Treaty (now, after
amendment, Article 49 EC).

(1) OJ C 160, 5.6.1999.

ORDER OF THE COURT

of 20 October 2000

in Case C-242/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Sozialgericht Augsburg): Johann Vogler v Landwirt-
schaftliche Alterskasse Schwaben (1)

(Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — Social security
— Freedom of establishment — Determination of the
applicable legislation — Self-employed activities in more
than one Member State — Articles 13(1) and 14a(2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 — Legislation of only one
Member State applicable)

(2001/C 108/02)

(Language of the case: German)

(Provisional translation: the definitive translation will be published
in the European Court Reports)

In Case C-242/99: reference to the Court under Article 177 of
the EC Treaty (now Article 234 EC) from the Sozialgericht