07 Nov European Court of Justice – november 2025
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public procurement – Directive 2014/24/EU – Article 72 – Modification of a framework agreement during its term – Value of the modification below the values laid down in Article 72(2) – Modification of the remuneration model of a framework agreement – Substantial modification of a framework agreement – Alteration of the overall nature of a framework agreement.
ECJ, 6 October 2025, Case C 282/24, Polismyndigheten v Konkurrensverket.
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Article 72(2) of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC must be interpreted as meaning that the modification of the method of remuneration provided for in a framework agreement which was awarded on the basis of the criterion of the lowest price, whereby the balance between fixed and variable prices is altered and the price levels are adjusted in such a manner that the total contract value does not change to more than a marginal degree, must not be regarded as altering the overall nature of that framework agreement, within the meaning of that provision, unless the modification of the method of remuneration of that framework agreement leads to a fundamental change in the balance of that agreement.
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Directive 2003/88/EC – Organisation of working time – Point 1 of Article 2 – Concept of ‘working time’ – Works to improve protected natural areas – Time spent by workers travelling between a fixed point of departure and natural areas – Inclusion of that travelling time in the working time of those workers.
ECJ, 6 October 2025, Case C 110/24, STAS – IV
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Point 1 of Article 2 of Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time must be interpreted as meaning that the time spent on outward and return journeys, which workers are required to take as a group at a time specified by their employer and in a vehicle belonging to that employer, in order to travel from a specific place, determined by that employer, to the place where the essential work under the contract of employment concluded between those workers and that employer is performed, must be regarded as ‘working time’ within the meaning of that provision.
