AVR-Afvalverwerking

Provisional text OPINION OF ADVOCATE GENERALRANTOSdelivered on 30 April 2025 (1)Case C‑692/23 AVR-Afvalverwerking BVv NV BAR-Afvalbeheer,Gemeente Barendrecht,Gemeente Albrandswaard,Gemeente Ridderkerk,NV Irado,Afvalsturing Friesland NV(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof Den Haag (Court of Appeal, The Hague, Netherlands))( Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Public procurement – Directive 2014/24/EU – Article 12(3) – Public contracts awarded ‘in-house’ – Conditions – Threshold of the activities of the controlled legal person carried out in the performance of tasks entrusted to it by the contracting authorities – Consideration of the turnover of affiliated undertakings within a group – Consideration of the turnover achieved through activities carried out on behalf of the contracting authorities ) Introduction 1.        The present request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 12(3) and Article 12(5) of Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement. (2)2.        This request was made in proceedings between AVR-Afvalverwerking BV (‘AVR’) and Gemeente Barendrecht (Municipality of Barendrecht, Netherlands), Gemeente Albrandswaard (Municipality of Albrandswaard, Netherlands), Gemeente Ridderkerk (Municipality of Ridderkerk, Netherlands) (together, ‘the BAR municipalities’), NV BAR-Afvalbeheer (‘BAR’), NV Irado (‘Irado’) and Afvalsturing Friesland NV (‘AF’), together, ‘the...