Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel București (Romania) lodged on 24 September 2014 — SC Star Storage SA v Institutul Național de Cercetare Dezvoltare în Informatică (INCDI)

(Case C-439/14)

(2014/C 448/09)

Language of the case: Romanian

Referring court

Curtea de Apel București

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: SC Star Storage SA

Defendant: Institutul Național de Cercetare Dezvoltare în Informatică (INCDI)

Question referred

Are the provisions in the third subparagraph of Article 1(1) and Article 1(3) of Directive 89/665 (1), as amended by Directive 2007/66 (2), to be interpreted as precluding a rule under which a ‘good conduct guarantee’ must be lodged as a prerequisite for being granted access to procedures for reviewing the decisions of contracting authorities, such as the rule laid down in Article 271a and Article 271b of [Ordonanța de urgență a Guvernului] (Emergency Ordinance) No 34/2006?

(1)  Council Directive 89/665/EEC of 21 December 1989 on the coordination of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of review procedures to the award of public supply and public works contracts (OJ 1989 L 395, p. 33).

(2)  Directive 2007/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2007 amending Council Directives 89/665/EEC and 92/13/EEC with regard to improving the effectiveness of review procedures concerning the award of public contracts (OJ 2007 L 335, p. 31).