I.        INTRODUCTION The Opinion delivered by Advocate General Andrea Biondi on 8 September 2026 in Joined Cases Autovici and Skinest Baltija (C-271/25 and C-334/25), examines the limits on the exclusion of companies from public tender procedures on national security grounds. The Advocate General considers that States may establish autonomous and specific grounds for exclusion to protect their security, provided that they comply with the safeguards required...