Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad Pleven (Bulgaria) lodged on 9 August 2023 – Obshtina Pleven v Rakovoditel na Upravlyavashtia organ na Operativna programa „Regioni v rastezh“ 2014–2020
(Case C-513/23, Obshtina Pleven)
Language of the case: Bulgarian
Referring court
Administrativen sad Pleven
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Obshtina Pleven
Defendant: Rakovoditel na Upravlyavashtia organ na Operativna programa „Regioni v rastezh“ 2014–2020
Question referred
Is Article 42(3)(b) of Directive 2014/24/EU 1 of the European Parliament and of the Council on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC, together with point 2 of Annex VII thereto, to be interpreted as meaning that national legislation and case-law, according to which the contracting authority is always obliged to include with each reference made in the contract notice to a standard to be complied with the words ‘or equivalent’, even in the case where compliance is required with a harmonised standard which was adopted on the basis of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 2 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC, or on the basis of Directive 89/106/EEC, is admissible?
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1 OJ 2014 L 94, p. 65.
1 OJ 2011 L 88, p. 5.