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Document 62016CN0324

    Case C-324/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 1 de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain) lodged on 8 June 2016 — Dragados, S.A. v Cabildo Insular de Tenerife

    IO C 305, 22.8.2016, p. 16–16 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    22.8.2016   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 305/16

    Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 1 de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain) lodged on 8 June 2016 — Dragados, S.A. v Cabildo Insular de Tenerife

    (Case C-324/16)

    (2016/C 305/22)

    Language of the case: Spanish

    Referring court

    Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 1 — Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    Parties to the main proceedings

    Applicant: Dragados, S.A.

    Defendant: Cabildo Insular de Tenerife

    Questions referred

    Regard being had to Articles 4(1), 6 and 7(2) and (3) of Directive 2011/7/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on combating late payment in commercial transactions: (1)

    1.

    Must Article 7(2) of the directive be interpreted as meaning that a Member State may not make recovery of the principal debt conditional on the waiver of the right to interest for late payment?

    2.

    Must Article 7(3) of the directive be interpreted as meaning that a Member State may not make recovery of the principal debt conditional on the waiver of the right to compensation for recovery costs?

    Should the answer to those two questions be in the affirmative,

    3.

    Where the debtor is a contracting authority, can it rely on the freedom of contract of the parties in order to avoid its obligation to pay interest for late payment and compensation for recovery costs?

    (1)  OJ 2011 L 48, p. 1.

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