Reports of Cases

2008 I-08457

Subject-matter

Preliminary ruling – Conseil d’État (Belgium) – Interpretation of the fundamental principles of primary Community law (principles of non-discrimination and transparency) and of the exceptions to those principles in the area of public service concessions – Concession relating to the operation of a municipal television network – Need for competitive tendering except in those cases where the awarding authority exercises, over the concessionaire, a control similar to that which it exercises over its own departments and where the concessionaire performs the major part of its activities with the authority which controls it

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 12 : paragraphs 1, 26 - 42
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 43 : paragraphs 1, 26 - 42
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 49 : paragraphs 1, 26 - 42
• Directive 92/50 : paragraph 25
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -107/98 : paragraph 26
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/98 : paragraph 25
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -26/03 : paragraphs 30, 48
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -231/03 : paragraphs 25, 52
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -458/03 : paragraphs 24, 26, 28, 46
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -340/04 : paragraphs 28, 31, 44
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -295/05 : paragraphs 31, 44, 49, 53

Operative part

• Interprets : EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 43
• Interprets : EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 49

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 12 : points 49 - 79
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 12 -L1 : point 3
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 43 : point 4
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 49 : points 49 - 79
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 49 -L1 : point 5
  
• Directive 92/50 : point 48
  
• Directive 2004/18 : points 48, 49
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -107/98 : points 51, 53, 58, 69
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/98 : points 48, 50
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -223/99 : point 87
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -18/01 : point 53
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -26/03 : points 48, 51, 53, 61, 76, 86
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -84/03 : points 51, 63
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -231/03 : points 48 - 50, 53, 70
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -458/03 : points 48 - 51, 56, 57, 60, 83, 84
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -29/04 : points 51, 53
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -340/04 : points 51, 56, 61, 64 - 66, 76, 88
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -410/04 : points 49, 51, 53
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -220/05 : point 53
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -295/05 : points 51, 71, 72, 87
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -382/05 : point 48
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -220/06 : point 51
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 12/07/2007

Date of the Opinion

• 04/06/2008

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

13/11/2008

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 211 from 08.09.2007, p.27

Judgment: OJ C 6 from 10.01.2009, p.6

Name of the parties

Coditel Brabant

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Broussy, Emmanuelle ; Donnat, Francis ; Lambert, Christian: Chronique de jurisprudence communautaire. Marchés - In house et coopération intercommunale, L'actualité juridique ; droit administratif 2008 p.2336-2337 (FR)
2. Moick, Karlheinz: Interkommunale Zusammenarbeit, Österreichisches Recht der Wirtschaft 2009 p.87 (DE)
3. Steiner, Marc: In-house und interkommunale Zusammenarbeit: Der EuGH präzisiert seine Rechtsprechung im Sinne praktischer Konkordanz zwischen den Leitgedanken des europäischen Wirtschaftsverwaltungsrechts und dem Recht auf kommunale Selbstverwaltung, European Law Reporter 2009 p.52-57 (DE)
4. Wagner, Stephan: Öffentliche Aufträge: eine öffentliche Stelle kann eine Dienstleistungskonzession für den Betrieb eines gemeindlichen Kabelfernsehnetzes ohne förmliche Ausschreibung an eine interkommunale Genossenschaft vergeben, wenn sie über diese eine Kontrolle wie über eigene Dienststellen ausübt und diese im Wesentlichen für sie tätig ist - "Coditel", Europäisches Wirtschafts- & Steuerrecht - EWS 2009 p.44-45 (DE)
5. Durviaux, Ann-Lawrence ; Thirion, Nicolas: Un simple répit ou une réelle revalorisation pour la coopération intercommunale en droit européen?, Journal des tribunaux 2009 p.178-180 (FR)
6. Wolter, Jean-Marc: Arrêts "Coditel" et "Commission c. Italie": Quelques précisions sur les règles applicables, en droit communautaire, aux concessions administratives de services et de travaux, Journal des tribunaux / droit européen 2009 nº 156 p.48-49 (FR)
7. Ferrari, Giuseppe Franco: Affidamento di servizi pubblici locali: la Corte apre la strada al consorzio tra Comuni, Diritto pubblico comparato ed europeo 2009 p.354-356 (IT)
8. Caranta, Roberto: La Corte di giustizia chiarisce i contorni dell'in house pubblico, Giurisprudenza italiana 2009 p.1254-1258 (IT)
9. Wiggen, Janicke: Interkommunalt samarbeid og egenregi - en avklaring fra EF-domstolen, Lov og rett 2009 p.342-360 (NO)
10. Kotsonis, Totis: Application of the Teckal Exemption to a Services Concession Contract: Coditel Brabant SA v Commune d'Uccle, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (C-324/07), Public Procurement Law Review 2009 p.NA73-NA78 (EN)
11. Wauters, Kris ; Can, Elif: De "in-house"-rechtspraak van het Hof van Justitie en het recht op zelfbestuur van gemeenten, Rechtskundig weekblad 2009-10 p.233-236 (NL)
12. Noguera de la Muela, Belén: El ámbito subjetivo de aplicación de la ley de contratos del sector público: Consecuencias de régimen jurídico. Los encargos “in house” como supuesto excluido de su aplicación, Revista Jurídica de Catalunya 2011 nº 2 p.371-397 (ES)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Conseil d'État - Belgium

Subject-matter

• Freedom of establishment
  
• Freedom to provide services
  
• Approximation of laws
  
• non-discrimination
  
• - Non-discrimination on grounds of nationality
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Cunha Rodrigues

Advocate General

Trstenjak

Language(s) of the Case

• French
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• German