Court of Justice 12 January 2006, C-340/04 (Carbotermo SpA and Consorzio Alisei v Comune di Busto Arsizio and AGESP SpA.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. This reference for a preliminary ruling concerns the circumstances under which the award of a public contract is to be regarded as a ‘quasi-in-house’ procurement procedure which, as such, does not fall within the scope of Council Directive 93/36/EEC of 14 June 1993 coordinating procedures for the award of public