Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de Contas (Portugal) lodged on 28 February 2017 — Secretaria Regional de Saúde dos Açores v Ministério Público

(Case C-102/17)

(2017/C 151/27)

Language of the case: Portuguese

Referring court

Tribunal de Contas

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Secretaria Regional de Saúde dos Açores

Defendant: Ministério Público

Question referred

Must Article 58(4) of Directive No 2014/24/EU (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 be interpreted as precluding national legislation, such as that described [that is, Article 40(3) and (5)(c) of Regional Legislative Decree No 27/2015/A of 29 December 2015], which, in the area of public procurement, allows a geographical criterion, requiring three public contracts to have been performed previously in the same autonomous region, to be imposed as a qualifying criterion?

(1)  Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC

OJ 2014 L 94, p. 65.