12.1.2013
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 9/22
Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 4 October 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy)) — Vivaio dei Molini Azienda Agricola Porro Savoldi ss v Autorità per la Vigilanza sui Contratti Pullici di lavori, servizi e forniture
(Case C-502/11) (1)
(Public works contracts - Directive 93/37/EEC - Article 6 - Principles of equal treatment and openness - Admissibility of rules reserving the right to participate in public tendering procedures to companies engaged in a commercial activity and excluding civil partnerships (società semplici) - Institutional and statutory objectives - Agricultural undertakings)
2013/C 9/36
Language of the case: Italian
Referring court
Consiglio di Stato
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Vivaio dei Molini Azienda Agricola Porro Savoldi ss
Defendant: Autorita per la Vigilanza sui Contratti Pullici di lavori, servizi e forniture
in the presence of: SOA CQOP Costruttori Qualificati Opere Pubbliche SpA, Unione Provinciale Agricoltori di Brescia
Re:
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Consiglio di Stato — Interpretation of Article 6 of Council Directive 93/37/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts (OJ 1993 L 199, p. 54) — Principle of non-discrimination — National legislation reserving the right to participate in public tendering procedures to companies engaged in a commercial activity and excluding agricultural undertakings in the form of civil partnerships (società semplici)
Operative part of the order
European Union law, in particular Article 6 of Council Directive 93/37/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, as amended by Commission Directive 2001/78/EC of 13 September 2001, precludes national legislation, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, which prohibits an undertaking such as a civil partnership having the status of ‘contractor’ within the meaning of Directive 93/37 from participating in public procurement procedures solely on the ground of its legal form.
(1) OJ C 347, 26.11.2011.
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