Judgment_paragraph 42 · Azienda sanitaria locale n. 5 ‘Spezzino’ and Others v San Lorenzo Soc. coop. Sociale and Croce Verde Cogema cooperativa sociale Onlus (C-113/13)

42The EU legislature took as its starting-point the assumption that contracts for the services referred to in Annex II B to Directive 2004/18 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, judgments in Commission v Ireland, paragraph 25, and Strong Segurança, C‑95/10, EU:C:2011:161, paragraph 35 and the case-law cited).