Judgment of the General Court of 4 July 2016 — Orange Business Belgium v Commission
(Case T-349/13) 1
(Public service contracts — Tender procedure — Provision of ‘Trans-European Services for Telematics between Administrations — new generation (TESTA-ng)’ — Rejection of a tenderer’s bid — Award of the contract — Transparency — Equal treatment — Non-discrimination — Obligation to state reasons)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Orange Business Belgium SA (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: B. Schutyser and T. Villé, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: S. Delaude, S. Lejeune and F. Moro, acting as Agents, and by P. Wytinck and B. Hoorelbeke, lawyers)
Re:
Application for annulment of the Commission’s decision of 19 April 2013 rejecting the tender submitted by the applicant in the restricted call for tenders DIGIT/R2/PR/2011/039 ‘Trans-European Services for Telematics between Administrations — new generation (TESTA-ng)’, and awarding the contract to another tenderer.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Orange Business Belgium SA to pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 252, 31.8.2013.