Order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 4 July 2012 —
TME v Commission

(Case T-329/11)

Public service contracts — Call for tenders in relation to the rehabilitation of the Bucharest wastewater treatment plant, jointly financed by the ISPA structural funds — Allegedly unlawful decision of the Romanian authorities to reject the tender submitted by the applicant — Refusal of the Commission to open a financial adjustment procedure with respect to Romania — Manifest inadmissibility

1.                     Actions for annulment — Actionable measures — Commission’s refusal to bring infringement proceedings — Not included (Arts 258 TFEU and 263 TFEU) (see para. 29)

2.                     Non-contractual liability — Conditions — Unlawfulness — Commission not initiating a proceeding for failure to fulfil obligations — Act not amounting to unlawfulness — Claims for compensation — Inadmissibility (Art. 258 TFEU) (see paras 31, 32)

Re:

First, application for annulment of the Commission’s letter of 20 April 2011 concerning the complaint of TME SpA in respect of infringements of European Union law by Romania in the context of the project ‘Bucharest Wastewater Treatment Plant Rehabilitation: Stage I ISPA 2004/RO/16/P/PE/003‑03’, inherent in the restructuring of the Bucharest wastewater treatment plant [D (2011)REGIO.B3/MAD] and, second, a claim for damages.

Operative part

1. The action is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible.

2. TME SpA — Termomeccanica Ecologia is ordered to bear its own costs and those incurred by the European Commission.