Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo (Portugal) lodged on 6 March 2026 – LIPOR – Associação de Municípios para a Gestão Sustentável de Resíduos do Grande Porto, PreZero Portugal, S.A. v Semural Waste & Energy, S.A.

(Case C-195/26, Lipor and PreZero Portugal II)

(C/2026/3292)

Language of the case: Portuguese

Referring court

Supremo Tribunal Administrativo

Parties to the main proceedings

Defendants/appellants: LIPOR – Associação de Municípios para a Gestão Sustentável de Resíduos do Grande Porto, PreZero Portugal, S.A.

Applicant/respondent in the appeal: Semural Waste & Energy, S.A.

Question referred

Under the rules of European law, in particular those derived from Articles 56(3) and 60(1), read in conjunction with Articles 63(1) and 71(1) and (5) of Directive 2014/24/EU (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014, in procedures involving the publication of a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, which is the case here, must the failure to submit the commitment by the subsidiary, which is treated as a third party under Article 63(1) of Directive 2014/24/EU, and through which that subsidiary undertakes, unreservedly, to perform certain services covered by the contract to be concluded, be regarded as rectifiable, in the same way as the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD)?

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(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, pp. 65-242).