Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 29 August 2018 — Indaco Service Soc. coop. sociale, Coop. sociale il Melograno v Ufficio Territoriale del Governo Taranto

(Case C-552/18)

Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Consiglio di Stato

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellant: Indaco Service Soc. coop. sociale, Coop. sociale il Melograno

Respondent: Ufficio Territoriale del Governo Taranto

Question referred

Does EU law, more specifically Article 57(4) of Directive 2014/24/EU ¹ on public procurement, in conjunction with recital 101 of the directive and the principles of proportionality and equal treatment, preclude national legislation, such as that at issue, which categorises ‘grave professional misconduct’ as a mandatory ground of exclusion of an economic operator and provides that, where the professional misconduct has led to the early termination of a public contract, the operator may be excluded only if the termination is not contested or is confirmed at the conclusion of judicial proceedings?

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¹     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 (OJ 2014 L 94, p. 65).