35The Court has stated that the European Union legislature based itself on the assumption that contracts for the services referred to in Annex I B to Directive 92/50 are, in principle, in the light of their specific nature, not of sufficient cross-border interest to justify their award being subject to the conclusion of a tendering procedure intended to enable undertakings from other Member States to examine the contract notice and submit a tender (see, to that effect, Commission v Ireland, paragraph 25). However, the Court has held that even such contracts, where they have a certain cross-border interest, are subject to the general principles of transparency and equal treatment resulting from Articles 49 TFEU and 56 TFEU (see, to that effect, Commission v Ireland, paragraphs 26 and 29 to 31).
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