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It is here, to my mind, that we must apply the yardstick that will enable us to detect possible discrimination in breach of Community law.
Menim, da je tu treba uporabiti kazalec, ki bo omogočil odkritjemorebitne diskriminacije v nasprotju s pravom Skupnosti.
First, it was confirmed at the hearing that, unless it is granted delegated powers, Land Niedersachsen does not have competence to declare a collective agreement to be universally applicable.
Prvič, na obravnavi je bilo potrjeno, da Land Niedersachsen nima pristojnosti, da razglasi splo�no uporabljivost kolektivne pogodbe, razen če ji je bilo to pooblastilo podeljeno.
By adopting the disputed provisions of the Landesvergabegesetz, Land Niedersachsen therefore sought
Land Niedersachsen je s sprejetjem izpodbijanih določb deželnega zakona torej sku�ala na področju v njeni pristojnosti, namreč na področju javnih naročil, doseči obvezno veljavo kolektivne pogodbe, ki se uporablja v kraju, kjer se izvajajo storitve, ne glede na to, ali je bila razgla�ena njena splo�na uporabljivost.
The possibility of integrating social requirements into public procurement
Pogoji, ki urejajo izvedbo naročila, se lahko nana�ajo zlasti na socialne in okoljske vidike.“ 43
Since the contract performance condition relating to the minimum remuneration of workers laid down in the disputed provisions of the Landesvergabegesetz complies with the principle of nondiscrimination on the basis of nationality, and since it complies with the principle of transparency, it must, in my opinion, be considered to be consistent with Community law.
Ker pogoj za izvedbo naročil v zvezi z minimalnim plačilom delavcev, kot je predviden v izpodbijanih določbah deželnega zakona, spo�tuje načelo prepovedi diskriminacije na podlagi državljanstva in ker spo�tuje načelo transparentnosti, je po mojem mnenju treba �teti, da je v skladu s pravom Skupnosti.
Article 26 of that directive, headed ‘Conditions for performance of contracts’, reads as follows:
Ta v členu 26 z naslovom „Pogoji za izvedbo naročil“ določa:
As regards the principle of transparency, it is important, in my view, that the collective agreements to be complied with are sufficiently precise and accessible that they do not render it impossible or excessively difficult in practice for the employer to determine the obligations with which he is required to comply.
V zvezi z načelom transparentnosti je po mojem mnenju pomembno, da so kolektivne pogodbe, katerih spo�tovanje se zahteva, dovolj natančne in dostopne, da v praksi ne onemogočajo ali pretirano ovirajo delodajalca, da določi obveznosti, ki jih mora spo�tovati 44.
44 It is for the court of reference to determine whether that criterion is met in the present case. 45
Predložitveno sodi�če mora preveriti, ali je to merilo v tem primeru
‘Contracting authorities may lay down special conditions relating to the performance of a contract, provided that these are compatible with Community law and are indicated in the contract notice or in the specifications. The conditions governing the performance of a
„Naročniki lahko določijo posebne pogoje v zvezi z izvajanjem naročila, če so ti pogoji v skladu z zakonodajo Skupnosti in so navedeni v javnem razpisu ali v razpisni doku-
43 — Let us also quote the 33rd recital in the preamble to that directive, which states that ‘[c]ontract performance conditions are compatible with this Directive provided that they are not directly or indirectly discriminatory and are indicated in the contract notice or in the contract documents’. In Beentjes, the Court had already ruled that in order to meet the directive’s aim of ensuring the development of effective competition in the award of public contracts, ‘the criteria and conditions which govern each contract must be given sufficient publicity by the authorities awarding contracts’ (paragraph 21).
43 – Navedimo tudi triintrideseto uvodno izjavo te direktive, v skladu s katero „[so] pogoji za izvajanje naročil […] v skladu s to direktivo, če niso neposredno ali posredno diskriminacijski in so navedeni v javnem razpisu ali v razpisni dokumentaciji.“ Sodi�če je v zgoraj navedeni sodbi Beentjes že presodilo, da „morajo naročniki primerno objaviti merila in pogoje, ki veljajo za vsako naročilo“, da bi dosegli cilj zagotoviti razvoj učinkovite konkurence (točka 21).
In particular, the author expresses the notion that public procurement may be a means of combating unemployment and exclusion, in which case it is used as a ‘buttress for generating employment’.
Avtor zlasti izpostavlja idejo, da je javno naročilo lahko sredstvo boja proti nezaposlenosti in izključenosti, pri čemer je ta uporabljena kot „ugoden opornik za razvoj zaposlitev“.
44 — See to that effect, with regard to criminal prosecutions, Arblade and Others, paragraph 43.
44 – V tem smislu, glede kazenskih pregonov, glej zgoraj navedeno sodbo Arblade in drugi (točka 43).
42 — Case 31/87 Beentjes [1988] ECR 4635 and Case C-225/98 Commission v France [2000] ECR I-7445. With regard to this caselaw and its assimilation into French law, see Pongérard-Payet, H., ‘Critères sociaux et écologiques des marchés publics: droits communautaire et interne entre guerre et paix’, Europe, No 10, October 2004, Étude 10.
42 – Sodbi z dne 20. septembra 1988 v zadevi Beentjes (31/87, Recueil, str. 4635) in z dne 26. septembra 2000 v zadevi Komisija proti Franciji (C-225/98, Recueil, str. I-7445). O tej sodni praksi in njenemu prenosu v francosko pravo glej Pongérard-Payet, H., „Critères sociaux et écologiques des marchés publics: droits communautaire et interne entre guerre et paix“, v Europe, �t. 10, oktober 2004, Étude 10.
45 — I remind the Court in this regard that the undertaking made by the contractor refers to the ‘remuneration prescribed by the collective agreement at the place where these services are performed, as set out in the list of representative collective agreements referred to under No 01 “Construction industry”’.
45 – V zvezi s tem opozarjam, da se zaveza, ki jo sprejme ponudnik, nana�a na „plačo, ki se uporablja v kraju, kjer se storitve izvajajo, na podlagi kolektivne pogodbe, navedene v seznamu reprezentativnih kolektivnih pogodb pod �t. 1 ‚Gradnja in javna dela‘“.
In the light of all the foregoing considerations, I propose that the Court should give the following answer to the question referred by the Oberlandesgericht Celle:
Glede na vse navedene premisleke predlagam Sodi�ču, naj na vpra�anje za predhodno odločanje, ki ga je zastavilo Oberlandesgericht Celle, odgovori:
‘Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and Article 49 EC must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation, such as the Landesvergabegesetz of Land Niedersachsen, on the award of public contracts which requires contractors and, indirectly, their subcontractors to pay workers posted in the framework of the performance of a public contract at least the remuneration prescribed by the collective agreement in force at the place where those services are performed, on pain of penalties that may go as far as the termination of the works contract, if the collective agreement to which the legislation in question refers is not declared to be universally applicable.
Direktivo 96/71/ES Evropskega parlamenta in Sveta z dne 16. decembra 1996 o napotitvi delavcev na delo v okviru opravljanja storitev in člen 49 ES je treba razlagati tako, da ne nasprotujeta nacionalni zakonodaji, kot je zakon dežele Spodnje Sa�ke o oddaji javnih naročil, ki zahteva, naj izbrani ponudniki in, posredno, njihovi podizvajalci delavcem, ki so napoteni v okviru izvedbe javnega naročila, izplačajo najmanj plačo, določeno s kolektivno pogodbo, ki se uporablja v kraju, kjer se storitve izvajajo, v nasprotnem primeru lahko sankcije privedejo celo do razdrtja podjemne pogodbe, kadar kolektivna pogodba, na katero napotuje ta zakonodaja, ni razgla�ena za splo�no uporabno.
It is for the court of reference to verify whether that legislation confers a genuine benefit on posted workers, which significantly augments their social protection, and whether, in the application of that legislation, the principle of transparency of the conditions for the performance of public contracts is respected.’
Predložitveno sodi�če mora preveriti, ali ta zakonodaja napotenim delavcem podeljujejo resnično ugodnost, ki znatno prispeva k njihovi socialni varnosti, in ali je na podlagi te zakonodaje spo�tovano načelo transparentnosti pogojev za izvedbo zadevnega javnega naročila.
2008 — CASE C-346/06
2008 – ZADEVA C-346/06
REFERENCE for a preliminary ruling under Article 234 EC by the Oberlandesgericht Celle (Germany), made by decision of 3 August 2006, received at the Court on 11 August 2006, in the proceedings
V zadevi C-346/06, katere predmet je predlog za sprejetje predhodne odločbe na podlagi člena 234 ES, ki ga je vložilo Oberlandesgericht Celle (Nemčija) z odločbo z dne 3. avgusta 2006, ki je prispela na Sodi�če 11. avgusta 2006, v postopku
Advocate General: Y. Bot, Registrar: B. Fülöp, Administrator, having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 5 July 2007, after considering the observations submitted on behalf of:
Fülöp, administrator, na podlagi pisnega postopka in obravnave z dne 5. julija 2007, ob upo�tevanju stali�č, so jih predložili:
This reference for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of Article 49 EC.
Predlog za sprejetje predhodne odločbe se nana�a na razlago člena 49 ES.
The reference has been made in the context of proceedings between Mr Rüffert, acting in his capacity as liquidator of the assets of Objekt und Bauregie GmbH & Co. KG (‘Objekt und Bauregie’), and Land Niedersachsen (the Land of Lower Saxony), concerning the termination of a works contract which had been concluded between the Land and Objekt und Bauregie. Legal context
Rüffertom, sodnim upraviteljem družbe Objekt und Bauregie GmbH & Co. KG (v nadaljevanju: Objekt und Bauregie), in Land Niedersachsen zaradi odpovedi podjemne pogodbe, ki jo je slednja sklenila z navedeno družbo. Pravni okvir
Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (OJ 1997 L 18, p.
Člen 1 Direktive Evropskega parlamenta in Sveta 96/71/ES z dne 16. decembra 1996 o napotitvi delavcev na delo v okviru opravljanja storitev (UL 1997, L 18, str.
1), provides in Article 1, entitled ‘Scope’:
1) z naslovom „Področje uporabe“ določa:
This Directive shall apply to undertakings established in a Member State which, in the framework of the transnational provision of services, post workers, in accordance with paragraph 3, to the territory of a Member State.
Ta direktiva se uporablja za podjetja s sedežem v kateri od držav članic, ki v okviru čezmejnega opravljanja storitev napotijo delavce v skladu [z odstavkom] 3 na ozemlje katere od držav članic.
(a) post workers to the territory of a Member State on their account and under their direction, under a contract concluded between the undertaking making
(a) napotijo delavce na ozemlje katere od držav članic na lasten račun in pod lastnim vodstvom na podlagi pogodbe, sklenjene med podjetjem, ki je delavce napotilo,
2008 — CASE C-346/06 the posting and the party for whom the services are intended, operating in that Member State, provided there is an employment relationship between the undertaking making the posting and the worker during the period of posting;
2008 – ZADEVA C-346/06 in pogodbenico, kateri so storitve namenjene, pod pogojem, da v času napotitve obstaja delovno razmerje med podjetjem, ki delavca napoti, in delavcem;
Under Article 3 of Directive 96/71, entitled ‘Terms and conditions of employment’:
Člen 3 Direktive 96/71 z naslovom „Določbe in pogoji za zaposlitev“ določa:
— by law, regulation or administrative provision, and/or
– z zakonom ali drugim predpisom in/ali
— by collective agreements or arbitration awards which have been declared universally applicable within the meaning of paragraph 8, in so far as they concern the activities referred to in the Annex:
– s kolektivnimi pogodbami ali arbitražnimi odločbami, razgla�enimi za splo�no veljavne v smislu odstavka 8, kolikor zadevajo dejavnosti, omenjene v Prilogi:
In the absence of a system for declaring collective agreements or arbitration awards to be of universal application within the meaning of the first subparagraph, Member States may, if they so decide, base themselves on:
Če ni sistema za razglasitev kolektivnih pogodb ali arbitražnih odločb za splo�no veljavne v smislu prvega pododstavka, se lahko države članice odločijo, da izhajajo iz:
— collective agreements or arbitration awards which are generally applicable to all similar undertakings in the geographical area and in the profession or industry concerned, and/or
– kolektivnih pogodb ali arbitražnih odločb, ki imajo splo�en učinek za vsa podobna podjetja na zadevnem geografskem območju in poklicu ali panogi in/ali
— collective agreements which have been concluded by the most representative employers’ and labour organisations at national level and which are applied throughout national territory, provided that their application to the undertakings referred to in Article 1(1) ensures equality of treatment on matters listed in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 of this Article between those undertakings and the other undertakings referred to in this subparagraph which are in a similar position.
– kolektivn[ih] pogodb, sklenjen[ih] med najbolj reprezentativnimi organizacijami delodajalcev in delavcev na nacionalni ravni in ki se jih uporablja na ozemlju celotne države, pod pogojem, da njihova uporaba s strani podjetij iz člena 1(1) zagotavlja v zadevah, navedenih v prvem pododstavku odstavka 1 tega člena, enako obravnavanje v teh podjetjih in v drugih podjetjih iz tega pododstavka, ki so v podobnem položaju.
The national legislation
Nacionalna ureditev
The Law of Land Niedersachsen on the award of public contracts (Landesvergabegesetz Nds., ‘the Landesvergabegesetz’) contains provisions on the award of public contracts in so far as they have a minimum value of EUR 10 000.
Zakon zvezne dežele Spodnje Sa�ke o oddaji javnih naročil (Landesvergabegesetz Nds., v nadaljevanju: deželni zakon) vsebuje določbe s področja oddaje javnih naročil v vrednosti najmanj 10.000 EUR.
The preamble to the Law states:
V obrazložitvi zakona je navedeno:
‘The Law counteracts distortions of competition which arise in the field of construction and local public transport services resulting from the use of cheap labour and alleviates burdens on social security schemes.
„Ta zakon je namenjen obvladovanju motenj konkurence, ki se pojavljajo v sektorjih gradbeni�tva in lokalnega javnega prevoza zaradi zaposlovanja poceni delovne sile, in zmanj�evanju bremen, ki nastajajo za sisteme socialne varnosti.
It provides, to that end, that public contracting authorities may award contracts for building works and local public transport services only to undertakings which pay the wage laid down in the collective agreements at the place where the service is provided.
V ta namen določa, da lahko naročniki naročila za gradnje in lokalni javni prevoz oddajo le podjetjem, ki izplačujejo plače, določene v kolektivnih pogodbah v kraju, kjer se storitve izvajajo.
Under Paragraph 3(1) of the Landesvergabegesetz, headed ‘Declaration that the collective agreements will be complied with’:
Člen 3(1) deželnega zakona z naslovom „Spo�tovanje kolektivnih pogodb“ določa:
‘Contracts for building services shall be awarded only to undertakings which, when lodging a tender, undertake in writing to pay their employees, when performing those services, at least the remuneration prescribed by the collective agreement at the place where those services are performed and at the time prescribed by the collective
„Pogodbe o naročilih gradnje se dodelijo le podjetjem, ki se ob oddaji ponudbe pisno zavežejo, da bodo svojim delavcem za izvajanje zadevnih storitev izplačevala najmanj tak�no plačo, kot je določena v veljavni kolektivni pogodbi v kraju, kjer se te storitve izvajajo. Naročila za gradnje v smislu prvega stavka pomenijo storitve na področju
2008 — CASE C-346/06 agreement.
2008 – ZADEVA C-346/06 gradbenih in zaključnih del.
The first sentence shall also apply to the award of transport services in local public transport.’
Prvi stavek se nana�a tudi na oddajo javnih naročil za izvajanje storitev javnega lokalnega potni�kega prometa.“
Paragraph 4(1) of the Law, headed ‘Use of subcontractors’, provides:
Člen 4(1) navedenega zakona z naslovom „Uporaba podizvajalcev“ določa:
‘The contractor may assign to subcontractors services for which his establishment is set up only where the contracting authority has given written consent in a given case.
„Izbrani ponudnik lahko storitve, ki sodijo v okvir dejavnosti njegovega podjetja, podizvajalcem odda le, če v posameznem primeru pridobi naročnikovo pisno dovoljenje.
The tenderers are required at the stage they lodge their tenders to state which services are to be devolved to subcontractors.
Ponudniki morajo že ob predložitvi ponudbe navesti, katere storitve nameravajo oddati podizvajalcem.
In so far as services are assigned to subcontractors, the contractor must also undertake to impose on the subcontractors the obligations laid down in Paragraphs 3, 4 and 7(2) applicable to contractors and to monitor compliance with these obligations by the subcontractors.’
Če se storitve oddajo podizvajalcem, se mora izbrani ponudnik zavezati tudi, da bodo zanje veljale enake obveznosti, kot jih ima sam na podlagi členov 3, 4 in 7(2), in da bo nadziral, ali podizvajalci te obveznosti izpolnjujejo.“
Paragraph 6 of the Law, headed ‘Proof’, provides:
Člen 6 istega zakona z naslovom „Dokazila“ določa:
‘(1) A tender shall be excluded from assessment where the tenderer fails to produce the following documents:
„(1) Ponudba se obravnava le, če ponudnik priloži naslednja dokazila:
3. a declaration that the collective agreements will be complied with, pursuant to Paragraph 3.
3. izjavo, s katero se zaveže, da bo spo�toval kolektivne pogodbe v skladu s členom 3.
(2) Where the performance of part of a contract is to be assigned to a subcontractor, the proof referred to in subparagraph (1) relating to the subcontractor must also be furnished when the contract is awarded.’
(2) Če se izvedba dela naročila odda podizvajalcu, je treba ob oddaji naročila predložiti dokazila v skladu z odstavkom 1 tudi zanj.“
Paragraph 8 of the Landesvergabegesetz, headed ‘Penalties’, provides:
Člen 8 deželnega zakona z naslovom „Sankcije“ določa:
‘(1) In order to ensure compliance with the obligations under Paragraphs 3, 4 and 7(2), public contracting authorities shall agree with the contractor for each case of culpable nonfulfilment a contractual penalty of 1%, and in the case of several cases of nonfulfilment a contractual penalty of up to 10%, of the contract value.
„(1) Da bi zagotovili spo�tovanje obveznosti, opredeljenih v členih 3, 4 in 7(2), se naročniki in izbrani ponudnik dogovorijo za pogodbeno kazen, in sicer za vsako krivdno neizpolnitev obveznosti v vi�ini 1 %, za primere večkratnih neizpolnitev obveznosti pa lahko pogodbena kazen zna�a do 10 % vrednosti naročila.
The contractor shall be obliged to pay a contractual penalty under the first sentence also in the event that there is nonfulfilment on the part of a subcontractor used by it or a subcontractor used by that subcontractor, unless the contractor was not aware or could not have been aware of the non-fulfilment.
Izbrani ponudnik je zavezan plačati pogodbeno kazen iz prvega odstavka tudi, če je za neizpolnitev obveznosti odgovoren eden od njegovih podizvajalcev ali eden od njihovih podizvajalcev, razen če izbrani ponudnik ni vedel za zadevno neizpolnitev obveznosti in mu zanjo ni bilo treba vedeti.
Where the contractual penalty imposed is disproportionately high, the contracting authority may reduce it to the appropriate amount at the request of the contractor.
Če je pogodbena kazen nesorazmerno velika, jo sme naročnik na predlog izbranega ponudnika znižati na primerno vi�ino.
(2) The public contracting authorities shall agree with the contractor that failure to satisfy the requirements referred to in Paragraph 3 by the contractor or his subcontractors and any nonfulfilment stemming from gross negligence or repeated nonfulfilment of the obligations laid down in Paragraphs 4 and 7(2) will entitle the contracting authority to terminate the contract without notice.
(2) Naročniki in izbrani ponudnik se dogovorijo, da lahko naročnik odpove pogodbo brez predhodnega obvestila, če izbrani ponudnik ali njegovi podizvajalci ne izpolnjujejo zahtev iz člena 3 in če je neizpolnitev obveznosti posledica hude malomarnosti ali gre za ponavljajočo se neizpolnitev obveznosti, opredeljenih v členih 4 in 7(2).
(3) Where an undertaking is proved to have failed to fulfil its obligations under this Law as a result, at least, of gross negligence or on a repeated basis, the public contracting authorities may exclude it from the award of public contracts within their field of competence for a period of up to one year.
(3) Če je dokazano, da je bila neizpolnitev obveznosti podjetja iz tega zakona posledica najmanj hude malomarnosti ali je �lo za ponavljajoče se neizpolnitve obveznosti, lahko naročniki to podjetje izključijo iz sistema oddaje javnih naročil na posameznem področju, za katerega so pristojni, za največ eno leto.
According to the order for reference, in autumn 2003, following a public invitation to tender, Land Niedersachsen awarded Objekt und Bauregie a contract for the structural work in the building of Göttingen-Rosdorf prison.
Iz predložitvene odločbe izhaja, da je Land Niedersachsen po izvedenem javnem razpisu jeseni 2003 družbi Objekt und Bauregie oddala javno naročilo za izvedbo grobih gradbenih del pri gradnji zapora Göttingen-Rosdorf.
The value of the contract was EUR 8 493 331 net of value added tax.
Vi�ina naročila je zna�ala 8.493.331 EUR brez davka na dodano vrednost.
The contract contained a declaration regarding compliance with the collective agreements and, more specifically, with that regarding payment to employees employed on the building site of at least the minimum wage in force at the place where those services were to be performed pursuant to the collective agreement mentioned in the list of sample collective agreements under No 1 ‘Buildings and public works’ (‘the “Buildings and public works” collective agreement’).
Pogodba je vsebovala zavezo spo�tovanja kolektivnih pogodb oziroma, natančneje, zavezo, da bodo na gradbi�ču zaposleni delavci prejemali najmanj tak�no plačo, kot je v kraju izvr�itve določena na podlagi kolektivne pogodbe, navedene na seznamu reprezentativnih kolektivnih pogodb pod �t. 1 „Gradnja in javna dela“ (v nadaljevanju: kolektivna pogodba za gradnjo in javna dela).
Objekt und Bauregie used as a subcontractor an undertaking established in Poland.
Družba Objekt und Bauregie je uporabila storitve podizvajalca, podjetja s sedežem na Poljskem.
In summer 2004 this undertaking came under suspicion of having employed workers on the building site at a wage below that provided for in the ‘Buildings and public works’ collective agreement.
Poleti 2004 je bilo to podjetje osumljeno, da je na gradbi�ču zaposlilo delavce za nižjo plačo, kot jo določa kolektivna pogodba za gradnjo in javna dela.
After investigations had commenced, both Objekt und Bauregie and Land Niedersachsen terminated the contract for work which they had concluded with one another.
Po začetku preiskave sta tako družba Objekt und Bauregie kot Land Niedersachsen odpovedali med njima sklenjeno podjemno pogodbo.
The latter based the termination inter alia on the fact that Objekt und Bauregie had failed to fulfil its contractual obligation to comply with the collective agreement.
Slednja je odpoved utemeljila zlasti z dejstvom, da družba Objekt und Bauregie ni izpolnila pogodbene obveznosti, v skladu s katero bi morala spo�tovati navedeno kolektivno pogodbo.