Reports of Cases

2009 I-00168*

Pub somm

Subject-matter

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Breach of Article 6, in conjunction with Article 9, of Council Directive 93/36/EEC of 14 June 1993 coordinating procedures for the award of public supply contracts (OJ 1993 L 199, p. 1) – Contract for the supply of a software application designed for motor vehicle registration concluded without contracting procedures between two bodies governed by public law responsible for data-processing on behalf of local authorities

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 226 : paragraphs 26 - 41
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 228 : paragraph 32
• Directive 89/665 : paragraphs 30 - 38
• Directive 89/665 -A01P1 : paragraphs 3, 37
• Directive 89/665 -A02 : paragraph 4
• Directive 89/665 -A02P6 : paragraphs 31 - 33
• Directive 89/665 -C2 : paragraphs 2, 34
• Directive 89/665 -C3 : paragraphs 2, 34
• Directive 93/36 : paragraphs 1, 78
• Directive 93/36 -A06P2 : paragraphs 5, 52, 54, 65
• Directive 93/36 -A06P3 : paragraphs 5, 53, 54, 57
• Directive 93/36 -A06P3LC : paragraphs 58, 62, 64
• Directive 93/36 -A06P3LD : paragraphs 65, 68, 73, 77
• Directive 93/36 -A06P4 : paragraph 5
• Directive 93/36 -A09 : paragraph 6
• Directive 93/36 -A11P1 : paragraph 7
• Directive 93/36 -A12P1 : paragraphs 8, 75
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -73/73 : paragraph 26
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -24/91 : paragraph 75
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -71/92 : paragraph 55
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -107/92 : paragraphs 69, 75
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -328/92 : paragraph 56
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -431/92 : paragraphs 26, 27
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -57/94 : paragraphs 55, 56
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -318/94 : paragraph 69
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -328/96 : paragraph 28
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -471/98 : paragraph 27
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -476/98 : paragraph 26
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -470/99 : paragraph 34
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -20/01 : paragraphs 26, 27, 31, 55, 56
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -385/02 : paragraphs 55, 56
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -126/03 : paragraphs 69, 75
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -470/03 : paragraph 41
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -503/04 : paragraphs 31, 32, 34, 41
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -337/05 : paragraph 54
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -157/06 : paragraphs 55, 56

Operative part

• Reference : Directive 93/36

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 24/06/2008

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

15/10/2009

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 223 from 30.08.2008, p.28

Judgment: OJ C 297 from 05.12.2009, p.13

Name of the parties

Commission v Germany

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Meister, Marie: Marchés publics de fournitures et intérêt à agir en manquement, Europe 2009 Décembre Comm. nº 456 p.25
2. Otting, Olaf ; Sormani-Bastian, Laura: A Review Procedure before the National Courts is not Relevant for Declaring a Failure to Fulfil an Obligation under the Treaty: A Note on Commission v Germany (C-275/08), Public Procurement Law Review 2010 p.NA59-NA63
3. Grasböck, Reinhard: Intransparente Vergabeverfahrensschritte, Vertragsverletzung und Präklusionsaspekte, Zeitschrift für Vergaberecht und Beschaffungspraxis 2010 p.338-339

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

• Approximation of laws
  

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

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

Formation of the Court

quatrième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Lenaerts

Advocate General

Trstenjak

Language(s) of the Case

• German
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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