Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 18 September 2014 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Vergabekammer Arnsberg — Germany) — Bundesdruckerei GmbH v Stadt Dortmund
(Case C-549/13) 1
(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 56 TFEU — Freedom to provide services — Restrictions — Directive 96/71/EC — Procedures for the award of public service contracts — National legislation requiring tenderers and their subcontractors to undertake to pay a minimum wage to staff performing the services relating to the public contract — Subcontractor established in another Member State)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Vergabekammer Arnsberg
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Bundesdruckerei GmbH
Defendant: Stadt Dortmund
Operative part of the judgment
In a situation such as that at issue in the main proceedings, in which a tenderer intends to carry out a public contract by having recourse exclusively to workers employed by a subcontractor established in a Member State other than that to which the contracting authority belongs, Article 56 TFEU precludes the application of legislation of the Member State to which that contracting authority belongs which requires that subcontractor to pay those workers a minimum wage fixed by that legislation.
____________1 OJ C 24, 25.1.2014.