Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 22 October 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 6 de Bilbao — Spain) — Grupo Hospitalario Quirón SA v Departamento de Sanidad del Gobierno Vasco, Instituto de Religiosas Siervas de Jesús de la Caridad

(Case C-552/13) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Public service contracts - Directive 2004/18/EC - Article 23(2) - Management of public health services - Provision of health services under the remit of public hospitals in private establishments - Requirement that the services be provided in a particular municipality))

(2015/C 414/02)

Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 6 de Bilbao

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Grupo Hospitalario Quirón SA

Defendants: Departamento de Sanidad del Gobierno Vasco, Instituto de Religiosas Siervas de Jesús de la Caridad

Operative part of the judgment

Article 23(2) 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 precludes a requirement, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, expressed as a technical specification in public procurement notices relating to the provision of health services, whereby the medical services that are the subject of the calls for tenders must be provided by private hospital establishments situated exclusively within a given municipality, which is not necessarily that in which the patients concerned by those services reside, where that requirement involves the automatic exclusion of tenderers who cannot provide those services in such an establishment situated within that municipality but who satisfy all the other conditions of those calls for tenders.

(1)  OJ C 24, 25.1.2014.