Official Journal of the European Union

C 24/3

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado Contencioso-Administrativo n° 6 de Bilbao (Spain) lodged on 25 October 2013 — Grupo Hospitalario Quirón S.A. v Departamento de Sanidad del Gobierno Vasco

(Case C-552/13)

2014/C 24/05

Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Juzgado Contencioso-Administrativo n° 6 de Bilbao

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Grupo Hospitalario Quirón S.A.

Defendant: Departamento de Sanidad del Gobierno Vasco

Co-defendant: Instituto de Religiosas Siervas de Jesús de la Caridad

Question referred

Is the requirement, included in public contracts for the management of public health-care services, that the provision of health services which is the subject-matter of such contracts be carried out ONLY in a determined municipality, which is not necessarily the municipality in which the patients reside, compatible with European Union law?