CELEX: C2001/108/01
Language: en
Date: 2001-04-07 00:00:00
Title: 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)

7.4.2001                EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                              C 108/1
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                                                     COURT OF JUSTICE
                                                               COURT OF JUSTICE
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                             other, unsubsidised, tenderers, to take part in a procedure for
                                                                                   the award of a public service contract does not amount to a
                          (Sixth Chamber)                                          breach of the principle of equal treatment laid down in Council
                                                                                   Directive 92/50/EEC of 18 June 1992 relating to the
                       of 7 December 2000                                          coordination of procedures for the award of public service
                                                                                   contracts.
in Case C-94/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from                     2.    The mere fact that a contracting authority allows such bodies to
the Bundesvergabeamt (Austria)): ARGE Gewässerschutz                               take part in a procedure for the award of a public service
  v Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft (1)                            contract does not constitute either covert discrimination or a
                                                                                   restriction contrary to Article 59 of the EC Treaty (now, after
(Public service contracts — Directive 92/50/EEC — Pro-                             amendment, Article 49 EC).
cedure for the award of public procurement contracts —
Equal treatment of tenderers — Discrimination on grounds
                                                                             (1) OJ C 160, 5.6.1999.
         of nationality — Freedom to provide services)
                          (2001/C 108/01)
                   (Language of the case: German)
                                                                                                 ORDER OF THE COURT
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published                               of 20 October 2000
                   in the European Court Reports)
                                                                             in Case C-242/99 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
In Case C-94/99: reference to the Court under Article 177 of                 the Sozialgericht Augsburg): Johann Vogler v Landwirt-
the EC Treaty (now Article 234 EC) from the Bundesverga-                                    schaftliche Alterskasse Schwaben (1)
beamt (Federal Procurement Office), Austria for a preliminary
ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between                  (Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — Social security
ARGE Gewässerschutz and Bundesministerium für Land- und                      — Freedom of establishment — Determination of the
Forstwirtschaft — on the interpretation of Council Directive                 applicable legislation — Self-employed activities in more
92/50/EC of 18 June 1992 relating to the coordination of                     than one Member State — Articles 13(1) and 14a(2) of
procedures for the award of public service contracts (OJ 1992                Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 — Legislation of only one
L 209, p. 1), and of Article 59 of the EC Treaty (now, after                                      Member State applicable)
amendment, Article 49 EC) — the Court (Sixth Chamber),
composed of: C. Gulmann (Rapporteur), President of the                                                  (2001/C 108/02)
Chamber, J.-P. Puissochet and F. Macken, Judges; P. Léger,
Advocate General; H.A. Rühl, Principal Administrator, for the                                    (Language of the case: German)
Registrar, has given a judgment on 7 December 2000, in
which it has ruled:
                                                                             (Provisional translation: the definitive translation will be published
1.    The mere fact that the contracting authority allows bodies                                 in the European Court Reports)
      receiving subsidies of any kind, whether from that contracting
      authority or from other authorities, which enable them to              In Case C-242/99: reference to the Court under Article 177 of
      submit tenders at prices appreciably lower than those of the           the EC Treaty (now Article 234 EC) from the Sozialgericht