Judgment of the Court of Justice (Ninth Chamber) of 14 February 2019 — CCC — Consorzio Cooperative Costruzioni

(Case C‑710/17) ( 1 )

(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public works contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 48(3) — Assessment and verification of the technical capacities of economic operators — National provision which cannot be regarded as a transposition of Directive 2004/18 — No direct and unconditional reference to EU law — No request based on the existence of a certain cross-border interest — Inadmissibility of the request for a preliminary ruling)

Questions referred for a preliminary ruling — Jurisdiction of the Court — Limits — Purely internal situations — Provision of national law transposing EU law also applicable outside the scope of that law — Interpretation requested with a view to achieving the uniform application of the provisions of EU law — Transposition not consistent with the solutions adopted by EU law — No direct and unconditional reference made to the relevant provisions — Inadmissibility

(Art. 267 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Directive 2004/18, Art. 48)

(see paras 22-26, 30)

Operative part

The request for a preliminary ruling made by the Consiglio di Stato (Council of State, Italy), by decision of 28 September 2017, is inadmissible.

( 1 ) OJ C 112, 26.3.2018.