Case C-274/09: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 March 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht München (Germany)) — Privater Rettungsdienst und Krankentransport Stadler v Zweckverband für Rettungsdienst und Feuerwehralarmierung Passau (Public procurement — Directive 2004/18/EC — Public service concession — Rescue service — Distinction between ‘public service contract’ and ‘service concession’ )
Date: 2011-03-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: award of contract, civil defence, contract, first aid, health costs, interpretation of the law, provision of services, public service, service concession








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7.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 139/3





Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 March 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht München (Germany)) — Privater Rettungsdienst und Krankentransport Stadler v Zweckverband für Rettungsdienst und Feuerwehralarmierung Passau
(Case C-274/09) (1)

(Public procurement - Directive 2004/18/EC - Public service concession - Rescue service - Distinction between ‘public service contract’ and ‘service concession’)
2011/C 139/04
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Oberlandesgericht München

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Privater Rettungsdienst und Krankentransport Stadler

Defendant: Zweckverband für Rettungsdienst und Feuerwehralarmierung Passau

Interveners: Malteser Hilfdienst eV, Bayerisches Rotes Kreuz

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Oberlandesgericht München — Interpretation of Article 1(2)(a) and (d) and Article 1(4) 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 2004 L 134, p. 114) — Concepts of ‘public service contract’ and ‘service concession’ — Contract relating to the supply of emergency medical assistance services, concluded between the contracting authority and aid organisations, which provides that the payment for the services supplied depends on negotiations between those organisations and third parties such as social security institutions

Operative part of the judgment

Article 1(2)(d) and (4) 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 must be interpreted as meaning that, where the economic operator selected is fully remunerated by persons other than the contracting authority which awarded the contract concerning rescue services, where it runs an operating risk, albeit a very limited one, by reason inter alia of the fact that the amount of the usage fees in question depends on the result of annual negotiations with third parties, and where it is not assured full coverage of the costs incurred in managing its activities in compliance with the principles laid down by national law, that contract must be classified as a ‘service concession’ within the meaning of Article 1(4) of that directive.


(1)  OJ C 267, 7.11.2009.