Judgment of the General Court of 14 January 2015 — Veloss International and Attimedia v Parliament

(Case T-667/11) ¹

(Public service contracts — Supply of Greek translation services for the Parliament — Rejection of a tenderer’s bid — Obligation to state reasons — Non-contractual liability)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: Veloss International (Brussels, Belgium) and Attimedia SA (Brussels) (represented by: N. Korogiannakis, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: P. López-Carceller, L. Darie and P. Biström, Agents)

Re:

Application, first, for the annulment of the decision of the European Parliament to select, in second place, the tender submitted by the applicants in response to the call for tenders No EL/2011/EU ‘Translation into Greek’ (OJ 2011, S 56-090374), communicated to the applicants by letter of 18 October 2011, and all related decisions taken by the Parliament, and second, for damages for the loss allegedly suffered.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Annuls the decision of the European Parliament of 18 October 2011 to select, in second position, the tender submitted by Veloss International SA and Attimedia SA in call for tenders EL/2011/EU for the provision of Greek translation services;

Dismisses the remainder of the action;

Orders the Parliament to pay the costs.

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¹ OJ C 58, 25.2.2012.