Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 February 2023 –
Equinoccio-Compañía de Comercio Exterior v Commission

(Case C‑527/22 P)

(Appeal – Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Action for annulment – Public supply contracts – Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance for Türkiye – National public procurement – Tendering procedure – Service contract for the supply of technical assistance for the activation of the ‘Specialty Foods Cluster’ in the Southeast Anatolia Region (EuropeAid/134403/IH/SER/TR) – Termination of the contract – Call on a bank guarantee by the Turkish authorities – Countersignature by the Delegation of the European Union to Türkiye of the request for payment – Appeal manifestly unfounded)

1.      Action for annulment – Actionable measures – Meaning – Measures producing binding legal effects – Action relating in reality to a contractual dispute – No jurisdiction of the EU judicature – Inadmissibility

(Arts 263, 272, 274, 288 and 299 TFEU)

(see paragraph 9[7, 8, 19])

2.      International agreements – Pre-Accession Assistance Instrument – Procedure for the award of public contracts in the context of the decentralised management of an Union programme – National public procurement – Contracting authority’s responsibility for preparing, negotiating and concluding that contract – Commission representatives’ interventions limited to findings concerning compliance with the conditions for European Union financing

(Council Regulation No 1085/2006, Art. 1)

(see paragraph 9[11, 22])

3.      Appeal – Grounds – Plea raised against a ground of the order which is not essential to its operative part – Invalid plea in law

(Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)

(see paragraph 9[26])

Operative part

1. The appeal is dismissed as manifestly unfounded.

2. Equinoccio-Compañía de Comercio Exterior SL shall bear its own costs.