Judgment of the General Court of 29 January 2014 – European Dynamics Belgium and Others v EMA
(Case T-158/12) 1
(Public service contracts – Community tender procedure – External service provision for software applications – Decision to classify the applicant’s tender in second place for the purposes of a cascading contract – Award criteria – Addition of award criterion not provided for by the contract documents – Assessment of a selection criterion at the award stage – Transparency)
Language of the case: Greek
Parties
Applicants: European Dynamics Belgium SA (Brussels, Belgium); European Dynamics Luxembourg SA (Ettelbruck, Luxembourg); Evropaïki Dynamiki – Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE (Athens, Greece); and European Dynamics UK Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: V. Christianos, lawyer)
Defendant: European Medicines Agency (EMA) (represented by: T. Jabłoński and C. Maignen, acting as Agents, assisted initially by H. G. Kamann and E. Arsenidou, and subsequently by H. G. Kamann et A. Dritsa, lawyers)
Re:
Application (i) for annulment of European Medicines Agency decision EMA/67882/2012 of 31 January 2012 to classify the applicants’ tender in second place for signing a framework-contract, following the call for tender EMA/2011/17/ICT on the external service provision for software applications, and (ii) for damages.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
European Dynamics Belgium SA, European Dynamics Luxembourg SA, Evropaïki Dynamiki – Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai and European Dynamics UK Ltd shall pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 184, 23.6.2012.