European Union – Public procurement. The Court of Justice of the European Union made a preliminary ruling concerning the interpretation of the third sub-paragraph of art 1(1) of Council Directive (EEC) 89/665, as amended, and by arts 2, 44(1) and 53(1)(a) of Directive (EC) 2004/18. The request had been made in proceedings between eVigilo Ltd and the Lithuanian General Department of Fire and Rescue at the Ministry of the Interior concerning the evaluation of tenders in a public procurement procedure.