Case C-266/22, CRRC Qingdao Sifang and Others: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 13 March 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel București – Romania) – CRRC Qingdao ...

Official Journal of the European Union C/2025/2491 12.5.2025 EN C series Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 13 March 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel București – Romania) – CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co. Ltd, Astra Vagoane Călători SA v Autoritatea pentru Reformă Feroviară, Alstom Ferroviaria SpA (Case C-266/22, (1) CRRC Qingdao Sifang and Others) (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public procurement in the European Union – Directive 2014/24/EU – Article 25 – Economic operators of a third country which has not concluded an international agreement with the European Union which guarantees access to public procurement in a reciprocal and equal manner – No right for those economic operators to ‘no less favourable treatment’ – Exclusion of such an economic operator from a public procurement procedure, pursuant to national legislation – Exclusive competence of the European Union) (C/2025/2491) Language of the case: Romanian Referring court Curtea de Apel București Parties to the main proceedings Applicants: CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co. Ltd, Astra Vagoane Călători SA Defendants: Autoritatea pentru Reformă Feroviară, Alstom Ferroviaria SpA Operative part of the judgment Article 3(1)(e) TFEU, which confers on the European Union an exclusive competence in the area of common commercial policy, read in conjunction with Article 2(1) TFEU, must be interpreted as precluding, in the absence of an EU act requiring or prohibiting access...