Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) of 1 July 2008 – AWWW v EFILWC

(Case T-211/07)

Public procurement – Community tendering procedure – Rejection of tender – Selection criteria – Award criteria – Obligation to state reasons

1.                     Acts of the institutions – Statement of reasons – Obligation – Scope – Decision in a procedure for the award of a public service contract not to accept a tender (Art. 253 EC) (see paras 34-45)

2.                     European Communities’ public procurement – Conclusion of a contract following a call for tenders – Criteria for selecting candidates (see paras 57-62)

Re:

ACTION for annulment of the decision of EFILWC of 17 April 2007 rejecting the applicant’s tender in a community public procurement procedure for the provision of services of information and analysis on quality of work and employment, industrial relations and restructuring covering the European level.

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders AWWW GmbH ArbeitsWelt-Working World to pay the costs, including those incurred in the application for interim measures.