Reports of Cases

1999 I-00551

Subject-matter

Preliminary ruling ─ Landesvergabeamt Innsbruck ─ Interpretation of Art. 2(8) of Council Directive 89/665/EEC of 21 December 1989 on the coordination of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of review procedures to the award of public supply and public works contracts ─ Body independent of the awarding authority having the status of a court or tribunal within the meaning of Art. 177 of the EC Treaty ─ Rules governing composition ─ Position of the (Tyrolean) Landesvergabeamt

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 177 : paragraphs 16, 17, 25
• Directive 89/665 -A01 : paragraph 15
• Directive 89/665 -A02P8 : paragraphs 1, 4, 15, 26 - 29, 31
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -54/96 -N23 : paragraph 17
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -61/65 : paragraph 17
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -14/86 -N07 : paragraph 17
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -109/88 -N07 : paragraph 17
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -109/88 -N08 : paragraph 17
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -393/92 -N21 : paragraph 17
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -111/94 -N09 : paragraph 17

Operative part

• Interprets : Directive 89/665 -A02P8

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 177 : points 16, 17, 21, 30, 31, 36, 38, 40, 42, 43
  
• Directive 89/665 -A01 : point 15
  
• Directive 89/665 -A01P1 : point 2
  
• Directive 89/665 -A02P7 : point 3
  
• Directive 89/665 -A02P8 : points 15, 32, 35 - 38, 41 - 43
  
• Directive 92/50 -A41 : point 2
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -54/96 : point 17
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -54/96 -N22 : point 16
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -54/96 -N31 : point 19
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -54/96 -N36 : point 27
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -54/96 -N33 : point 27
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -61/65 : point 17
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -14/86 : point 17
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -14/86 -N07 : point 22
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -109/88 : point 17
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -393/92 : point 17
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -393/92 -N21 : point 22
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -24/92 : point 22
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -44/96 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -44/96 -N37 : point 29
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

Information not available

Date of the Opinion

• 24/09/1998

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

04/02/1999

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 142 from 10.05.1997, p.10

Judgment: OJ C 86 from 27.03.1999, p.6

Name of the parties

Köllensperger and Atzwanger

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Casati, Claus: Anforderungen an Vergabekontrollinstanzen, European Law Reporter 1999 p.128-129
2. Gutknecht, Brigitte: Requirements of Community Law on Review Bodies; the Cases Köllensperger and HI Krankenhaustechnik in the Context of the Austrian Procurement Law, Public Procurement Law Review 1999 p.CS97-CS102
3. Taccogna, Gerolamo: Autorità indipendenti per il contenzioso in materia di aggiudicazione dei pubblici appalti?, Diritto pubblico comparato ed europeo 1999 p.809-820
4. Moreno Molina, José Antonio: La reciente jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Justicia de las Comunidades Europeas en materia de contratos públicos, Revista de Administración Pública 2000 nº 151 p.319-342
5. Bassi, Nicola: Ancora sul rinvio pregiudiziale alla Corte di giustizia e sulla nozione di "giudice nazionale": è giunto il momento della Corte Costituzionale?, Rivista italiana di diritto pubblico comunitario 2000 p.155-169

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Tiroler Landesvergabeamt - Austria

Subject-matter

• Approximation of laws
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Landesgesetz vom 6. Juni 1994 über die Vergabe von Aufträgen (Tiroler Vergabegesetz)

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

Sixième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Kapteyn

Advocate General

Saggio

Language(s) of the Case

• German
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• Italian