Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 28 November 2013 —
Gaumina v EIGE

(Case T‑424/12)

Public service contracts — Tender procedure — Provision of services to support the communication activities of the EIGE — Rejection of a tender — Obligation to state reasons

1.                     Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Identification of the subject-matter of the dispute — Summary statement of pleas (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 44(1)(c)) (see para. 18)

2.                     Acts of the institutions — Statement of reasons — Obligation — Scope — Decision, in the procedure for the award of a public service contract, not to accept a tender — Obligation to communicate, following a written request, the characteristics and relative advantages of the tender accepted and the name of the tenderer — Assessment having regard to information available to the applicant at the time the action brought — Burden of proving the date of receipt of information sent by email (Art. 296 TFEU; Council Regulation No 1605/2002, Art. 100(2); Commission Regulation No 2342/2002, Art. 149(3)) (see paras 28‑32, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42)

3.                     Judicial proceedings — Producing evidence — Time-limit — Evidence lodged out of time — Conditions (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 48(1)) (see para. 44)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of the decision of the EIGE of 26 July 2012 to reject the tender of the applicant in tender procedure No EIGE/2012/ADM/13.

Operative part

The Court:

1. Annuls the decision of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) of 26 July 2012 to reject the tender of Gaumina UAB in tender procedure No EIGE/2012/ADM/13;

2. Orders the EIGE to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Gaumina.