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Document 62017CA0697

Case C-697/17: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 July 2019 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Telecom Italia SpA v Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Infrastrutture e telecomunicazioni per l’Italia SpA (Infratel Italia SpA) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Award of public supply and public works contracts — Directive 2014/24/EU — Article 28(2) — Restricted procedure — Economic operators admitted to submit a tender — Need for the pre-selected candidate and the candidate submitting the tender to be legally and factually identical — Principle of equal treatment of tenderers)

IO C 305, 9.9.2019, p. 9–9 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

9.9.2019   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 305/9


Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 July 2019 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Telecom Italia SpA v Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Infrastrutture e telecomunicazioni per l’Italia SpA (Infratel Italia SpA)

(Case C-697/17) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Award of public supply and public works contracts - Directive 2014/24/EU - Article 28(2) - Restricted procedure - Economic operators admitted to submit a tender - Need for the pre-selected candidate and the candidate submitting the tender to be legally and factually identical - Principle of equal treatment of tenderers)

(2019/C 305/10)

Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Consiglio di Stato

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Telecom Italia SpA

Defendants: Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Infrastrutture e telecomunicazioni per l’Italia SpA (Infratel Italia SpA)

Intervener: OpEn Fiber SpA

Operative part of the judgment

The first sentence of Article 28(2) 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 must be interpreted, with regard to the requirement that the pre-selected operators and the operators submitting tenders be legally and factually identical, as not precluding, in the context of a restricted procedure for the award of a public procurement contract, a pre-selected candidate who agrees to merge with another pre-selected candidate under a merger agreement concluded between the pre-selection stage and the stage when tenders are submitted and performed after that submission stage from submitting a tender.


(1)  OJ C 112, 26.3.2018.


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