Judgment_paragraph 38 · Impresa di Costruzioni Ing. E. Mantovani SpA and Guerrato SpA v Provincia autonoma di Bolzano and Others (C-178/16)

38That ground for exclusion relates, self-evidently, to the wrongful conduct of an economic operator before the procedure for the award of a public contract. It is up to the Member States to determine, taking into account the principle of proportionality, the date from which such conduct may justify the exclusion of the tenderer.