32Furthermore, the conclusion of a cooperation agreement between parties in the public sector must be discernible as the culmination of a process of cooperation between the parties to the agreement (see, to that effect, judgment of 9 June 2009, Commission v Germany, C‑480/06, EU:C:2009:357, paragraph 38). The development of cooperation between entities belonging to the public sector has an inherently collaborative dimension, which is not present in a public procurement procedure falling within the scope of the rules laid down by Directive 2014/24.
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