8.3.2021

Official Journal of the European Union

C 79/19

(Case C-642/20)

(2021/C 79/25)

Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Caruter s.r.l.

Defendants: S.R.R. Messina Provincia S.c.P.A., Comune di Basicò, Comune di Falcone, Comune di Fondachelli Fantina, Comune di Gioiosa Marea, Comune di Librizzi, Comune di Mazzarrà Sant’Andrea, Comune di Montagnareale, Comune di Oliveri, Comune di Piraino, Comune di San Piero Patti, Regione Siciliana — Urega — Ufficio regionale espletamento gare d’appalti lavori pubblici Messina, Regione Siciliana — Assessorato regionale delle infrastrutture e della mobilità

Question referred

Does Article 63 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014, (1) concerning reliance on the capacities of other entities, in conjunction with the principles of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services enshrined in Articles 49 and 56 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), preclude the application of the Italian national rules relating to ‘criteria for selection and the supplementing or amending of tendering documentation’ laid down in the penultimate sentence of Article 83(8) of the Public Procurement Code established by Legislative Decree No 50 of 18 April 2016, according to which where recourse is had to reliance on the capacities of other entities (referred to in Article 89 of the Public Procurement Code established by Legislative Decree No 50 of 18 April 2016), the agent must in any event fulfil the majority of the requirements and provide the majority of the services?

(1) Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC (OJ 2014 L 94, p. 65).