Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 13 April 2023 – Paolo Beltrami S.p.A. v Comune di Milano

(Case C-235/23, Paolo Beltrami)

Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Consiglio di Stato

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellant: Paolo Beltrami S.p.A.

Respondent: Comune di Milano

Question referred

Do Articles 16, 49, 50 and 52 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Article 4 of Protocol 7 to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), Article 6 TEU, the principles of proportionality, competition, freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services laid down in Articles 49, 50, 54 and 56 TFEU preclude a national rule (as contained in Article 75 of decreto legislativo n. 163 del 2006 (Legislative Decree No 163 of 2006)) which provides for the application of the penalty of forfeiture of the provisional security, as an automatic consequence of the exclusion of an economic operator from a procedure for the award of a public service contract, irrespective of whether or not that economic operator has been awarded the contract?

____________