46The inclusion of the economic operators of the third countries referred to in paragraph 44 of the present judgment within the scope of the rules on public procurement established by the EU legislature, as is apparent from recital 2 of Directive 2014/25, in order to ensure undistorted competition, at the very heart of which lies the principle of equal treatment (see, to that effect, judgments of 17 September 2002, Concordia Bus Finland, C‑513/99, EU:C:2002:495, paragraph 81; of 3 June 2021, Rad Service and Others, C‑210/20, EU:C:2021:445, paragraph 43; and of 13 June 2024, BibMedia, C‑737/22, EU:C:2024:495, paragraph 30), would have the effect of conferring on them a right to no less favourable treatment, contrary to Article 43 of that directive, which limits the benefit of that right to economic operators from third countries which have concluded with the European Union an international agreement such as those referred to in that article.
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