Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2010 - Carpent Languages v Commission
(Public service contracts - Community tendering procedure - Organisation of meetings and conferences - Rejection of a tenderer's bid - Award of the contract to another tenderer - Obligation to state the reasons on which a decision is based - Manifest error of assessment - Equal treatment)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Carpent Languages (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: P. Goergen, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Simon and E. Manhaeve, Agents, and by F. Tulkens and V. Ost, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the Commission's decision of 30 October 2008 rejecting the applicant's bid for lot No 4 'Provision of teams of interpreters according to the linguistic requirements of each event' of contract notice VT/2008/036 (Multiple framework contracts for meeting and conference organisation services), and the Commission's decision of 17 November 2008 appointing the successful tenderer of lot No 4, and an application for a declaration that the Commission be ordered to pay damages in the event that the General Court does not grant the application for annulment of the decision rejecting the applicant's bid.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Carpent Languages SPRL to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 69, 21.3.2009.