Stefan Rudigier

Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 20 September 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof — Austria) — Stefan Rudigier(Case C-518/17) 1(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Public passenger transport services by rail and by road — Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 — Article 5(1) — Award of public service contracts — Article 7(2) — Obligation to publish certain information in the Official Journal of the European Union at least one year before the launch of the procedure — Consequences of non-publication — Annulment of the call for tenders — Directive 2014/24/EU — Article 27(1) — Article 47(1) — Directive 2014/25/EU — Article 45(1) — Article 66(1) — Contract notice)Language of the case: German Referring court Verwaltungsgerichtshof Parties to the main proceedings Appellant: Stefan Rudigier Other party: Salzburger Verkehrsverbund Gmb HOperative part of the judgment Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 1191/69 and 1107/70 must be interpreted as meaning thatthe obligation to provide prior information laid down in that provision applies to contracts for public transport services by bus which are in principle awarded in accordance with the procedures provided for by Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on...