Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia del País Vasco (Spain) lodged on 6 August 2019 — Confederación Nacional de Centros Especiales de Empleo (CONACEE) v Diputación Foral de Guipúzcoa

(Case C-598/19)

Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Tribunal Superior de Justicia del País Vasco

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Confederación Nacional de Centros Especiales de Empleo (CONACEE)

Defendant: Diputación Foral de Guipúzcoa

Question referred

Must Article 20 of Directive 2014/24/EU ¹ on public procurement be interpreted as meaning that the scope ratione personae of the reservation laid down therein cannot be defined in terms which exclude from its scope undertakings or economic operators which satisfy the condition that at least 30% of their employees must be persons with disabilities and which meet the aim or objective of the social and professional integration of those persons, by setting additional criteria related to the constitution, character and aims of those bodies, to their activities and investments, or to other matters

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¹ Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement (OJ 2014 L 94, p.65)