Public procurement – to be or not to be: what constitutes a body governed by public law under Directive 2014/24?

The Court of Justice gave guidance on what a “specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character” could mean for sporting federations, and how to assess whether a sporting federation is subject to management supervision by a public authority when it is supervised by an Olympic committee. For the reasons discussed in this e-Alert, we believe that this judgment could be of relevance to many sporting federations, and we remind that a sporting federation could qualify as a “body governed by public law”, subject to public procurement legislation, on the basis of other criteria than being under management supervision by public authorities.”