26The Court has already held that, as regards the principles of equal treatment and transparency, the Member States must be recognised to have a certain discretion for the purpose of adopting measures intended to ensure observance of those principles, which are binding on contracting authorities in any procedure for the award of a public contract. Each Member State is best placed to identify, in the light of historical, legal, economic or social considerations specific to it, situations propitious to conduct liable to bring about breaches of those principles (see, to that effect, judgment in Serrantoni and Consorzio stabile edili, C‑376/08, EU:C:2009:808, paragraphs 31 and 32 and the case-law cited).
Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.