Action brought on 21 October 2010 - IDT Biologika v Commission
(Case T-503/10)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: IDT Biologika GmbH (Dessau-Roßlau, Germany) (represented by: R. Gross and T. Kroupa, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission
Form of order sought
Annul the decision of the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia of 10 August 2010 rejecting the tender submitted in respect of Lot No 1 by IDT Biologika GmbH in response to the call for tenders (reference EuropeAid/129809/C/SUP/RS) for the supply of rabies vaccines to the beneficiary Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Supply of the Republic of Serbia, and awarding the contract to a consortium of various firms led by 'Biovet a.s.';
order the defendant to pay the costs.
Pleas in law and main arguments
The applicant challenges the European Commission's decision of 10 August 2010 to choose a tenderer other than the applicant in the context of a call for tenders for the supply of rabies vaccines (publication reference EuropeAid/129809/C/SUP/RS).
In support of its claim, the applicant alleges infringement of Article 252(3) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002,
1 in that the chosen tender does not satisfy the technical requirements specified in the tender dossier with regard to the requisite non-virulence to humans of the vaccines offered or with regard to the requisite authorisations and should, therefore, necessarily have been disregarded.
Further, the applicant alleges infringement of the principles of equal treatment and transparency under Article 89(1) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002,
2 since the applicant's tender alone satisfies all the requirements with regard to the technical specifications and yet another tender was chosen.