Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Østre Landsret lodged on 16 July 2012 — Ministeriet for Forskning, Innovation og Videregående Uddannelser v Manova A/S

(Case C-336/12)

2012/C 287/47

Language of the case: Danish

Referring court

Østre Landsret

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Ministeriet for Forskning, Innovation og Videregående Uddannelser

Defendant: Manova A/S

Question referred

Does the EU law principle of equal treatment mean that a contracting authority, following expiry of the time-limit for applying to take part in a tendering procedure, may not obtain information required in the call for tenders concerning a tenderer’s most recent published balance sheet, when the tenderer in question did not provide such a balance sheet in its application for pre-qualification?