Press Release: Public contracts: Commission refers Germany to Court of Justice over waste disposal service contracts awarded by city of Rostock

The European Commission has decided to refer Germany to the European Court of Justice over the conclusion of a waste disposal service contract in 1998 with a contract period of 25 years and a contract value of approximately 150 million euros between the city of Rostock and a mixed undertaking, and the amendment of that contract in 2004. Furthermore, the case also concerns the conclusion of an agreement in 2007 with a mixed undertaking concerning the provision of waste collection, treatment, recycling and street cleaning services with an annual contract value of 10.8 million euros per year. All these contract awards or modifications have been carried out without the execution of tender procedures.