Judgment_paragraph 45 · Compania Naţională de Administrare a Infrastructurii Rutiere SA v Ministerul Fondurilor Europene - Direcţia Generală Managementul Fondurilor Externe (C-408/16)

45It thus follows both from the wording of Article 15(c) of Directive 2004/18 and from the context in which it appears, that that article constitutes an exception to the material scope of that directive. Such an exception must necessarily be interpreted strictly (see, to that effect, order of 20 June 2013, Consiglio Nazionale degli Ingegneri, C‑352/12, not published, EU:C:2013:416, paragraph 51 and the case-law cited).