37In order to ensure transparency of procedures and equal treatment of tenderers, substantial amendments to essential provisions of a service concession contract could in certain cases require the award of a new concession contract, if they are materially different in character from the original contract and are therefore such as to demonstrate the intention of the parties to renegotiate the essential terms of that contract (see, by analogy with public contracts, Case C-337/98 Commission v France [2000] ECR I-8377, paragraphs 44 and 46, and Case C-454/06 pressetext Nachrichtenagentur [2008] ECR I-4401, paragraph 34).
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