#62024CJ0568Court Judgment on Public Procurement and Technical Specifications
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This court judgment clarifies how EU public procurement rules ensure fair competition. It emphasizes that contracting authorities must not favor specific products without clear, justifiable need. Authorities should specify requirements transparently to allow fair competition among suppliers.
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Key Changes
- Clarification on non-discrimination in technical specifications
- Requirement for transparency in procurement processes
- Obligation to avoid unjustified exclusion of potential suppliers
Obligations
What this law requires
Contracting authorities must draft technical specifications in terms of performance or functional requirements to avoid favoring specific products.
Whenever contracting authorities reference a specific product type or brand in technical specifications, they must include the words 'or equivalent'.
Contracting authorities must ensure that technical specifications do not unjustifiably restrict competition by favoring certain economic operators.
Contracting authorities must allow tenders based on equivalent arrangements and accept appropriate means of proof for such equivalence.
Contract notices must contain a description of the needs and required characteristics of the supplies or services to be procured.