Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2021

Randstad Italia SpA v Umana SpA and Others

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU – Obligation of Member States to provide remedies sufficient to ensure effective legal protection in the fields covered by Union law – Public procurement – Directive 89/665/EEC – Article 1(1) and (3) – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Judgment of a Member State’s highest administrative court declaring inadmissible, in breach of the case-law of the Court of Justice, an action brought by a tenderer excluded from a public procurement procedure – No remedy against that judgment before the highest court in that Member State’s judicial order – Principles of effectiveness and equivalence

Case C-497/20


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
04/02/2022 Randstad Italia
Fundamental rights
- Charter of Fundamental Rights
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
  • Principles of Union law
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2021:1037		 21/12/2021 Randstad Italia
Fundamental rights
- Charter of Fundamental Rights
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
  • Principles of Union law
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Abstract
ECLI:EU:C:2021:1037		 21/12/2021 Randstad Italia
Fundamental rights
- Charter of Fundamental Rights
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
  • Principles of Union law
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
27/11/2020 Randstad Italia
Fundamental rights
- Charter of Fundamental Rights
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
  • Principles of Union law
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2021:725		 09/09/2021 Randstad Italia
Fundamental rights
- Charter of Fundamental Rights
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
  • Principles of Union law
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
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.
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.47 Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.02 Public procurement
      4.11.02.06 Review procedures
        4.11.02.06.02 Procedural rules
          4.11.02.06.02.00 General
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.47 Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.02 Public procurement
      4.11.02.06 Review procedures
        4.11.02.06.02 Procedural rules
          4.11.02.06.02.00 General
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.02 Public procurement
      4.11.02.06 Review procedures
        4.11.02.06.02 Procedural rules
          4.11.02.06.02.02 Conditions of admissibility


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

Information not available

Date of the Opinion

  • 09/09/2021

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

21/12/2021


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Information not available

Name of the parties

Randstad Italia

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Simon, Denys: Primauté - Voies de recours juridictionnelles devant les juridictions suprêmes, Europe 2022, nº 2 Février, comm. 39 (FR)
  2. Brown, Adrian: Does EU law require a right to appeal in public procurement cases before a Member State's highest court? : case C-497/20 Randstad Italia, Public Procurement Law Review 2022 p. NA71-NA76 (EN)
  3. Scarcello, Orlando: Effective judicial protection and procedural autonomy beyond rule of law judgments: Randstad Italia : case C-497/20, Randstad Italia SpA v. Umana SpA and others, Common Market Law Review 2022, n° 5, p. 1445-1464 (EN)
  4. Dero-Bugny, Delphine: II. Sources écrites et non écrites du droit de l’UE, effet direct et primauté - Cour de Justice, gde ch., 21 décembre 2021, Randstad Italia SpA c/ Umana SpA e.a., aff. C-497/20, ECLI:EU:C:2021:1037, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2021. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2022, p. 105-108 (FR)
  5. Palma, Matteo: Appalti Pubblici (direttiva 89/665/CEE - articolo 1, paragrafi 1 e 3 - articolo 47 della Carta dei diritti fondamentali dell'Unione europea - mancanza di rimedi giurisdizionali avverso tale sentenza dinanzi all'organo giurisdizionale supremo di tale Stato membro - principi di effettività e di equivalenza - omesso rinvio in via pregiudiziale da parte dell'organo di ultima istanza), Rivista italiana di diritto pubblico comunitario 2022, n° 1, p. 182-186 (IT)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Corte suprema di cassazione - Italy

Subject-matter

  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
  • Principles of Union law

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

Grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Lycourgos

Advocate General

Hogan

Language(s) of the Case

  • Italian

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English