40In accordance with the principle of proportionality, which constitutes a general principle of EU law, the contracting authorities’ rules related to the application of the two means of evidence referred to in the second indent of Article 48(2)(a)(ii) of Directive 2004/18 must not go beyond what is necessary to achieve the intended objectives of that directive (see, to that effect, judgment of 22 October 2015 in Impresa Edilux and SICEF, C‑425/14, EU:C:2015:721, paragraph 29 and the case-law cited).
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