Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 22 December 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Úrad pre verejné obstarávanie — Slovakia) — Úrad pre dohľad nad zdravotnou starostlivosťou, Všeobecná zdravotná poisťovňa, a.s., Dôvera zdravotná poist’ovňa a.s., Union zdravotná poisťovňa, a.s.

(Case C-204/22) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Article 267 TFEU - Concept of a ‘court or tribunal’ - Criteria relating to the constitution and function of that body - Exercise of judicial or administrative functions - Duty of cooperation of the body making the reference - Directives 89/665/EEC and 2014/24/EU - Public procurement - National regulatory body for public procurement procedures - Entitlement to act on an ex officio basis - Power to impose penalties - Decisions that are open to challenge before the courts - No dispute before the referring body - Manifest inadmissibility of the request for a preliminary ruling)

(2023/C 63/14)

Language of the case: Slovakian

Referring court

Úrad pre verejné obstarávanie

Parties to the main proceedings

Proceedings brought against: Úrad pre dohľad nad zdravotnou starostlivosťou, Všeobecná zdravotná poisťovňa, a.s., Dôvera zdravotná poist’ovňa a.s., Union zdravotná poisťovňa, a.s.

Operative part of the order

The request for a preliminary ruling from the Úrad pre verejné obstarávanie (Public Procurement Regulatory Authority, Slovakia), by decision of 16 March 2022, is manifestly inadmissible.

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(1)  Date lodged: 16.3.2022.