Order of the President of the General Court of 30 May 2017 — Enrico Colombo and Corinti Giacomo v Commission

(Case T‑690/16 R)

(Interim measures — Public procurement — Application for interim measures — No urgency)

1.      Application for interim measures — Suspension of operation of a measure — Interim measures — Conditions for granting — Prima facie case — Urgency — Serious and irreparable damage — Cumulative nature — Order of examination and method of verification — Discretion of the court hearing the application for interim relief — Balancing of all the interests involved

(Arts 256(1) TFEU, 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))

(see paras 21-24)

2.      Application for interim measures — Suspension of operation of a measure — Interim measures — Conditions for granting — Urgency — Serious and irreparable damage — Burden of proof

(Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU)

(see paras 27, 28)

3.      Application for interim measures — Suspension of operation of a measure — Conditions for granting — Urgency — Assessment in public procurement litigation — Serious damage — Sufficient in the case of a particularly serious prima facie case constituted by an obvious and serious illegality — Condition — Application for interim measures brought in the standstill period before conclusion of the contract with the successful tenderer

(Art. 278 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47; Commission Regulation No 1268/2012, Art. 171(1))

(see paras 30, 31, 35-37)

4.      Application for interim measures — Admissibility criteria — Application — Formal requirements — Pleas establishing a prima facie case for the measures applied for — Pleas in law not set out in the application — General reference to other documents — Inadmissibility

(Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(5))

(see paras 43, 44)

5.      Application for interim measures — Suspension of operation of a measure — Interim measures — Conditions for granting — Urgency — Serious and irreparable damage — Financial loss — Loss of opportunity arising from the exclusion of a tenderer from a tendering procedure — Loss capable of full reparation in the context of the action in the main proceedings or an action for compensation — Not irreparable

(Arts 268 TFEU, 278 TFEU, 279 TFEU and 340 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))

(see paras 48, 50, 55)

Re:

APPLICATION based on Articles 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU seeking the grant of interim measures ordering, first, suspension of implementation of the Commission measures leading to the rejection of the applicants’ tender in the context of the call for tenders JRC/IPR/2016/C.4/0002/OC and, secondly, in essence, suspension of the contract concluded between the Commission and the successful tenderer in respect of that call for tenders.

Operative part

1. There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the application for interim measures insofar as it is directed against Carmet Sas di Fietta Graziella & C.

2. The application for interim measures is dismissed as to the remainder.

3. Costs are reserved.