Case C-337/06: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 13 December 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf — Germany) — Bayerischer Rundfunk, Deutschlandradio, Hessischer Rundfunk, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Radio Bremen, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Saarländischer Rundfunk, Südwestrundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen v GEWA Gesellschaft für Gebäudereinigung und Wartung mbH (Directives 92/50/EEC and 2004/18/EC — Public service contracts — Public broadcasting bodies — Contracting authorities — Bodies governed by public law — Condition that the activity of the institution be financed, for the most part, by the State )
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: award of contract, broadcasting, financing method, interpretation of the law, public financing

23.2.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 51/19

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 13 Decem-
ber 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the
Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf — Germany) — Bayerischer
Rundfunk,
Rundfunk, Deutschlandradio, Hessischer
Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Norddeutscher Rundfunk,
Radio
Berlin-Brandenburg,
Rundfunk
Saarländischer Rundfunk, Südwestrundfunk, Westdeutscher
Fernsehen v GEWA
Rundfunk, Zweites Deutsches

Bremen,

Gesellschaft für Gebäudereinigung und Wartung mbH

(Case C-337/06) (1)

(Directives 92/50/EEC and 2004/18/EC — Public service
contracts — Public broadcasting bodies — Contracting autho-
rities — Bodies governed by public law — Condition that the
activity of the institution be ‘financed, for the most part, by
the State’)

(2008/C 51/30)

Language of the case: German

Operative part of the judgment

1) The first condition of the third indent of the second subparagraph
of Article 1(b) of Council Directive 92/50/EEC of 18 June 1992
relating to the coordination of procedures for the award of public
service contracts must be interpreted as meaning that there is finan-
cing, for the most part, by the State when the activities of public
broadcasting bodies such as those in the main proceedings are
financed for the most part by a fee payable by persons who possess
a receiver, which is imposed, calculated and levied according to rules
such as those in the main proceedings;

2) The first condition of the third indent of the second subparagraph
of Article 1(b) of Directive 92/50 must be interpreted as meaning
that, that,
if the activities of public broadcasting bodies such as
those in the main proceedings are financed according to the proce-
dures set out when examining the first question, the condition of
‘financing … by the State’ does not require that there be direct
interference by the State or by other public authorities in the
awarding, by such bodies, of a contract such as that at issue in the
main proceedings;

3) Article 1(a)(iv) of Directive 92/50 must be interpreted as meaning
specified in that provision are

that only the public
excluded from the scope of that directive.

contracts

Referring court

Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf

Parties to the main proceedings

(1) OJ C 281, 18.11.2006.

Applicants: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Deutschlandradio, Hessischer
Rundfunk, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Norddeutscher Rundfunk,
Radio Bremen, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Saarländischer
Rundfunk, Südwestrundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Zweites
Deutsches Fernsehen

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 18 December
2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale
Italy) —
amministrativo regionale per

la Lombardia,

Frigerio Luigi & C. Snc v Comune di Triuggio

Defendant: GEWA Gesellschaft
Wartung mbH

für Gebäudereinigung und

Intervener in support of the defendant: Heinz W. Warnecke

Re:

for

Reference
a preliminary ruling — Oberlandesgericht
Düsseldorf — Interpretation of indent (c) of the second sub-
paragraph of Article 1(9) and Article 16(b) of Directive
2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of
31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the
award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and
public service contracts (OJ L 134 of 30.4.2004, p. 114) —
Award of cleaning services by an association of broadcasting
bodies indirectly financed by the State without compliance with
formal European procurement procedure — Concept of
‘contracting authority’.

(Case C-357/06) (1)

(Directive 92/50/EEC — Public service contracts — National
legislation restricting the award of local public services of
capital —
economic

to companies with share

interest

Compatibility)

(2008/C 51/31)

Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Tribunale amministrativo regionale per la Lombardia (Italy)