ECJ Judgment – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public procurement – Directives 89/665/EEC and 2004/18/EC – Principles of equal treatment and transparency – Connection between the successful tenderer and the contracting authority’s experts – Obligation to take that connection into account – Burden of proving bias on the part of an expert – Such bias having no effect on the final result of the evaluation – Time-limit for instituting proceedings – Challenging the abstract award criteria -Those criteria clarified after the exhaustive reasons for the award of the contract had been communicated – Degree of the tenders’ conformity with the technical specifications as an evaluation criterion)
Judges:
T. von Danwitz, P
Citations:
C-538/13, [2015] EUECJ C-538/13, ECLI:EU:C:2015:166
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Statutes:
Directive 89/665/EEC, Directive 2004/18/EC
Jurisdiction:
European
European
Updated: 29 May 2022; Ref: scu.544273