JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 16 July 2020

in Case E-8/19

Scanteam AS v The Norwegian Government, represented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

(Public procurement – Directive 2014/24/EU – Definition of ‘contracting authority’ – Foreign mission of an EFTA State – Applicability of EEA law – Article 126 EEA – Geographic scope of the EEA Agreement)

(2020/C 374/09)

In Case E-8/19, Scanteam AS v The Norwegian Government, represented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – REQUEST to the Court under Article 34 of the Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice by the Complaints Board for Public Procurement (Klagenemnda for offentlige anskaffelser) concerning the interpretation of 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, as adapted to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, the Court, composed of Páll Hreinsson, President (Judge-Rapporteur), Per Christiansen and Bernd Hammermann, Judges, gave judgment on 16 July 2020, the operative part of which is as follows:

Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement is applicable to a procurement procedure undertaken by a foreign mission of an EFTA State in a third country, if the procurement is sufficiently closely linked to the EEA.