Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 December 2016

Remondis GmbH & Co. KG Region Nord v Region Hannover

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Celle

References for a preliminary ruling — Article 4(2) TEU — Respect for the national identity of Member States inherent in their fundamental structures, political and constitutional, inclusive of regional and local self-government — Internal organisation of the Member States — Regional authorities — Legal instrument creating a new public-law entity and organising the transfer of powers and responsibilities for the performance of public tasks — Public procurement — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 1(2)(a) — Concept of ‘public contract’

Case C-51/15


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
03/02/2017 Remondis
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2016:985
21/12/2016 Remondis
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2016:985
21/12/2016 Remondis
Application (OJ)
24/04/2015 Remondis
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2016:504
30/06/2016 Remondis
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

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
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
        4.11.02.02.01 Scope
          4.11.02.02.01.10 Exemption relating to contracts concerning cooperation between public entities


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 06/02/2015

Date of the Opinion

  • 30/06/2016

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

21/12/2016


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 53 from 20.02.2017, p.5

Application: OJ C 155 from 11.05.2015, p.10

Name of the parties

Remondis

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Simon, Denys: Accord entre collectivités territoriales, Europe 2017 Février Comm. nº 2 p.23 (FR)
  2. Wachinger, Lorenz ; Scholz, Daniel: Vergaberechtliche Beurteilung der kommunalen Aufgabenübertragung auf einen Zweckverband, Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht 2017 p.376-378 (DE)
  3. Mužina, Aleksij: Oblastna ravnanja in javna naročila, Pravna praksa 2017 nº 22 p.30-31 (SL)
  4. Gniechwitz, Arne: Vergaberecht: Ausschreibungspflicht kommunaler Aufgabenübertragung auf einen Zweckverband, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2017 p.147-148 (DE)
  5. Smith, Susie: Is a Transfer of Competences between Contracting Authorities a Public Contract? Case C-51/15 Remondis, Public Procurement Law Review 2017 p.NA91-NA96 (EN)
  6. Gyulai-Schmidt, Andrea ; Tátrai, Tünde: Az Európai Unió Bíróságának döntése a Remondis-ügyben, Jogesetek Magyarázata 2018 nº 1 p.45-58 (HU)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Oberlandesgericht Celle - Germany

Subject-matter

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

Provisions of national law referred to

Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen (GWB), Paragraphen 98, 99, 100, 101 und 101b Kreislaufwirtschaftsgesetz (KrWG), Paragraphen 17 und 20

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling
  • Reference for a preliminary ruling : case not proceeding to judgment

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Šváby

Advocate General

Mengozzi

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French