Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber), 10 October 2013

Ministeriet for Forskning, Innovation og Videregående Uddannelser v Manova A/S

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Østre Landsret

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2004/18/EC — Principle of equal treatment — Restricted procedure — Contract notice — Requirement for a copy of the most recent published balance sheet to be enclosed with the application — Copies of balance sheets not enclosed with some candidates’ applications — Right of the contracting authority to ask those candidates to provide copies of those balance sheets after the deadline for filing applications

Case C‑336/12


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
08/11/2013 Manova
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2013:647
10/10/2013 Manova
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2013:647
10/10/2013 Manova
Application (OJ)
07/09/2012 Manova
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.02 Public procurement
      4.11.02.01 Principles governing public procurement
        4.11.02.01.05 Contracts excluded from EU rules or subject to special arrangements, but having a cross-border interest
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.02 Public procurement
      4.11.02.02 General rules applicable to public contracts
        4.11.02.02.02 Conduct of procurement procedures
          4.11.02.02.02.02 Procedures
            4.11.02.02.02.02.02 Types of procedure


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 16/07/2012

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

10/10/2013


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 287 from 22.09.2012, p.25

Judgment: OJ C 344 from 23.11.2013, p.34

Name of the parties

Manova

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Mužina, Aleksij: Poenostavitev pogleda na odpravo "formalne nepopolnosti ponudbe", Pravna praksa 2013 nº 46 p.23-24 (SL)
  2. Aubert, Michel ; Broussy, Emmanuelle ; Cassagnabère, Hervé: Chronique de jurisprudence de la CJUE. A titre de justification de ses capacités économiques et financières ou techniques et professionnelles, un opérateur peut faire valoir les capacités d'autres entités auxquelles il est lié (1ère affaire). Un pouvoir adjucateur peut, sous certaines conditions, demander à un candidat de compléter son dossier de candidature après l'expiration du délai imparti pour déposer celle-ci (2ème affaire), L'actualité juridique ; droit administratif 2013 p.2313-2314 (FR)
  3. Probst, Peter Michael: Nachforderung von fehlenden Unterlagen im Vergabeverfahren gemeinschaftsrechtlich unbedenklich!, European Law Reporter 2013 p.283-285 (DE)
  4. Olsson, Erik: En slarvers försvarstal - EU-domstolens avgörande i Manova öppnar upp för kompletteringar, Europarättslig tidskrift 2013 Nr 4 p.873-878 (SV)
  5. Brown, Adrian: The Court of Justice Rules That a Contracting Authority May Accept the Late Submission of a Bidder's Balance Sheet, Subject to Certain Conditions: Case C-336/12 Danish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education v Manova A/S, Public Procurement Law Review 2014 p.NA1-NA3 (EN)
  6. Codina García-Andrade, Xavier: Why Manova is not Slovensko: a new balance between equal treatment of tenderers and competition?, Public Procurement Law Review 2015 p.NA109-NA117 (EN)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Østre Landsret - Denmark

Subject-matter

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

Provisions of national law referred to

Bekendtgørelse nr. 712 af 15/06/2011 om fremgangsmåderne ved indgåelse af offentlige vareindkøbskontrakter, offentlige tjenesteydelseskontrakter og offentlige bygge- og anlægskontrakter, offentlige tjenesteydelseskontrakter og offentlige bygge- og anlægskontrakter Lov om indhentning af tilbud på visse offentlige og offentligt støttede kontrakter, jfr. lovbekendtgørelse nr. 1410 af 07/12/2007, jfr. lovbekendtgørelse nr.1410 af 7.12.2007, § 15a, 15c, stk. 1, og 15d, stk. 1

Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

dixième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Šváby

Advocate General

Bot

Language(s) of the Case

  • Danish

Language(s) of the Opinion

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