Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 13 March 2025.#CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co. Ltd and Astra Vagoane Călători SA v Autoritatea pentru Reformă Feroviară and Alstom Ferroviaria SpA.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bucureşti.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public procurement in the European Union – Directive 2014/24/EU – Article 25 – Economic operators of a third country which has not concluded an international agreement with the European Union which guarantees access to public procurement in a reciprocal and equal manner – No right for those economic operators to ‘no less favourable treatment’ – Exclusion of such an economic operator from a public procurement procedure, pursuant to national legislation – Exclusive competence of the Union.#Case C-266/22.