Reports of Cases

2008 I-02173

Subject-matter

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Council Directives 93/36/EEC of 14 June 1993 and 77/62/EEC of 21 December 1976 coordinating procedures for the award of public supply contracts – Failure to show existence of grounds which may justify recourse by the contracting authority to the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice – ‘Agusta’ and ‘Agusta Bell’ helicopters purchased for the requirements of the State Forestry Corps, the Coastguard, the Carabinieri, etc.

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 226 : paragraph 23
• Directive 77/62 : paragraph 2
• Directive 93/36 : paragraph 2
• Directive 93/36 -A01 : paragraph 4
• Directive 93/36 -A02P1LB : paragraph 5
• Directive 93/36 -A03 : paragraph 6
• Directive 93/36 -A05P1LA : paragraphs 7, 34
• Directive 93/36 -A06P1 : paragraph 8
• Directive 93/36 -A06P2 : paragraph 8
• Directive 93/36 -A06P3 : paragraph 8
• Directive 93/36 -A33 : paragraph 9
• Directive 93/36 -C12 : paragraph 3
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -274/83 : paragraph 23
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -222/84 : paragraph 43
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -199/85 : paragraph 58
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -71/92 : paragraph 56
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -57/94 : paragraph 57
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -279/94 : paragraph 23
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -318/94 : paragraph 57
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -273/97 : paragraph 43
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -414/97 : paragraph 44
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -107/98 : paragraphs 36, 56
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -152/98 : paragraph 19
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -285/98 : paragraph 43
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -439/99 : paragraph 19
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -185/00 : paragraph 19
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -145/01 : paragraph 20
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -186/01 : paragraph 42
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -394/02 : paragraphs 57 - 58
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -26/03 : paragraphs 36, 38
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -84/03 : paragraphs 36, 56 - 57
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -525/03 : paragraph 25
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -29/04 : paragraph 36
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -221/04 : paragraph 23
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -340/04 : paragraph 36
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -295/05 : paragraph 36

Operative part

• Reference : Directive 77/62
• Reference : Directive 80/767
• Reference : Directive 88/295
• Reference : Directive 93/36
• Reference : Directive 97/52

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 30 : points 54, 58
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 39 : point 54
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 46 : point 54
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 58 : point 54
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 64 : point 54
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 226 : points 28 - 29
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 296 : points 54, 56, 58 - 61
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 296 -P1LB : points 60, 61
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 297 : point 54
  
• Directive 77/62 : points 23, 31, 67, 69
  
• Directive 80/767 : points 23, 31, 67, 69
  
• Directive 88/295 : points 23, 31, 67, 69
  
• Directive 93/36 : points 3, 23, 31, 47, 67, 69
  
• Directive 93/36 -A01 : point 4
  
• Directive 93/36 -A01LE : point 62
  
• Directive 93/36 -A02P1LB : points 5, 63
  
• Directive 93/36 -A03 : point 6
  
• Directive 93/36 -A06 : point 7
  
• Directive 93/36 -A06P2 : point 46
  
• Directive 93/36 -A06P3 : point 46
  
• Directive 93/36 -A06P3LC : point 66
  
• Directive 93/36 -A06P3LE : point 66
  
• Directive 93/36 -C12 : point 46
  
• Directive 93/37 : point 46
  
• Directive 93/38 : point 47
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -222/84 : point 54
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -199/85 : point 47
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -367/89 : point 55
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -375/95 : point 28
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -323/96 : point 46
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -273/97 : point 54
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -414/97 : points 55, 59
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -107/98 : points 37, 46
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -285/98 : point 54
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -54/99 : point 54
  
• General Court - Judgment T -26/01 : point 60
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -186/01 : point 54
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -394/02 : point 47
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -26/03 : point 39
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -84/03 : point 47
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -525/03 : point 32
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -29/04 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -195/04 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -295/05 : point 37
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 15/09/2005

Date of the Opinion

• 10/07/2007

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

08/04/2008

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 281 from 12.11.2005, p.9

Judgment: OJ C 128 from 24.05.2008, p.2

Name of the parties

Commission v Italy

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Mirti, Cristina: La questione degli elicotteri Agusta, Rassegna dell'avvocatura dello Stato 2006 p.75-78 (IT)
2. Broussy, Emmanuelle ; Donnat, Francis ; Lambert, Christian: Chronique de jurisprudence communautaire. Marchés publics de fourniture - Matériel militaire, L'actualité juridique ; droit administratif 2008 p.880-881 (FR)
3. Simon, Denys: Qualification du contrat "in house", Europe 2008 Juin Comm. nº 188 p.20 (FR)
4. Heuninckx, Baudouin: A Note on Case Commission v Italy (Case C-337/05) (Agusta Helicopters Case), Public Procurement Law Review 2008 p.NA187-NA192 (EN)
5. Kahlert, Henning: Keine Ausnahme für Hubschrauber - Vergaberichtlinien gelten auch für "dual use"-fähige Waren, European Law Reporter 2008 p.209-212 (DE)
6. Peyret, Paul: Marchés publics de défense et de sécurité: l'offensive de la CJCE, L'actualité juridique ; droit administratif 2008 p.1835-1838 (FR)
7. Giorgio, Miriam: Affidamento in house e forniture pubbliche di elicotteri: il "caso Agusta", Giornale di diritto amministrativo 2008 p.1247-1254 (IT)
8. Tsoli, Eirini: Dimosies Symvaseis-Kratikes Enischyseis & Agora 2008 p.51-52 (EL)
9. Ioniţă, Bogdan: Atribuirea contractelor de achiziții publice. Lipsa avizului prealabil. Lipsa unei proceduri de licitație, Revista română de drept al afacerilor 2009 nº 1 p.120-132 (RO)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

• Freedom of establishment
  
• Freedom to provide services
  
• Approximation of laws
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Action for a declaration of failure to fulfil obligations : application granted
  

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Makarczyk

Advocate General

Mazák

Language(s) of the Case

• Italian
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• English