Case C‑469/22

Ambisig – Ambiente e Sistemas de Informação Geográfica SA

v

Fundação do Desporto and Others

(Request for a preliminary ruling
from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo)

Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 10 January 2023

(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Public procurement of service, supply and works contracts – Directive 2014/24/EU – Conduct of the procedure – Choice of participants and award of contracts – Article 63 – Economic operator relying on the capacities of another entity in order to meet the requirements of the contracting authority – Obligation of that economic operator to submit the qualification documents of a subcontractor after the tender has been awarded – Incompatibility)

1. Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Expedited preliminary ruling procedure – Application of Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure – No need to adjudicate on the application for an expedited preliminary ruling procedure

   (Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 99 and 105(1))

   (see paragraphs 18, 19)

2. Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Answer admitting of no reasonable doubt – Application of Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure

   (Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 99)

   (see paragraphs 20, 21)

3. Approximation of laws – Procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts – Directive 2014/24 – Award of contracts – Criteria for qualitative selection – Economic, financial, technical and/or professional capacity – Possibility of relying on the capacities of other entities – Means of proof

   (European Parliament and Council Directive 2014/24, recital 84, third para., and Arts 57, 58(3) and (4), 59(1), second and third subparas., 60(1), second subpara., and 63(1), third sentence)

   (see paragraphs 23, 24)

4. Approximation of laws – Procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts – Directive 2014/24 – Award of contracts – Criteria for qualitative selection – Economic, financial, technical and/or professional capacity – Possibility of relying on the capacities of other entities

   (European Parliament and Council Directive 2014/24, recital 84 and Arts 59 and 63)

   (see paragraphs 25-27, operative part)

See the text of the decision.