Court allows private lab claim against public health authority, ruling the spending cap is a public law limit, not a contractual term.

The Court of Cassation allowed the private laboratory's appeal against the lower court's dismissal, ordering the public health authority to pay for services rendered under the old tariff. The court held that the regional government's spending cap constitutes an inderogable public law limit applicable to all modifications, regardless of whether the contract explicitly stated it. Consequently, the authority cannot refuse payment based on the cap, as it does not apply to private accredited structures in the same way it does to public entities.