Judgment_paragraph 33 · Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Denmark (C-243/89)

33On this issue, it need only be observed that, although the directive makes no express mention of the principle of equal treatment of tenderers, the duty to observe that principle lies at the very heart of the directive whose purpose is, according to the ninth recital in its preamble, to ensure in particular the development of effective competition in the field of public contracts and which, in Title IV, lays down criteria for selection and for award of the contracts, by means of which such competition is to be ensured.

Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Denmark (C-243/89)

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