29Where the companies concerned do not constitute an economic unit, that is to say, where the parent company does not have a determining influence on its subsidiaries, it should be noted that, in all events, the principle of equal treatment under Article 2 of Directive 2004/18 would be infringed if related tenderers were allowed to submit coordinated or concerted tenders, that is to say, tenders that are neither autonomous nor independent, which would be likely to give them unjustified advantages in relation to the other tenderers, without there being any need to examine whether the submission of such tenders constitutes conduct in breach of Article 101 TFEU.
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