Action brought on 17 January 2012 - Alfacam and Others v Parliament
(Case T-21/12)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicants: Alfacam (Lint, Belgium); Via Storia (Schiltigheim, France); DB Video Productions (Aartselaar, Belgium); IEC (Rennes, France); and European Broadcast Partners (EUBROPA) (Aartselaar) (represented by: B. Pierart, lawyer)
Defendant: European Parliament
Form of order sought
Annul the decision adopted by the European Parliament on 18 November 2011 which awards to the Belgian company WATCH TV S.A. the contract EP/DGCOMM/AV/11/11 lot 1 Provision of video, radio and multimedia services - Services to be provided to the European Parliament in Brussels;
accordingly, annul the decision adopted by the European Parliament which did not accept the tender of the first four applicants, acting within the framework of the consortium EUROPEAN BROACAST PARTNERS, that tender ranking second for the contract EP/DGCOMM/AV/11/11 lot 1 Provision of video, radio and multimedia services - Services to be provided to the European Parliament in Brussels;
order the European Parliament to pay the costs of the proceedings.
Pleas in law and main arguments
In support of the action, the applicants rely on a sole plea alleging infringement of Article 94 of the Financial Regulation, in so far as the tenderer's tender contained false declarations, so that that tenderer should have been excluded from the award of the contract.
____________1 - Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (OJ 2002 L 248, p. 1).