Judgment of the General Court of 19 April 2012 - Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
(Case T-49/09)
(Public service contracts - Community tendering procedure - Provision of services relating to the maintenance and development of the information systems of the Directorate-General for Regional Policy - Rejection of a tender - Action for annulment - Equal treatment - Obligation to state reasons - Infringement of essential procedural requirements - Manifest error of assessment - Non-contractual liability)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Evropaïki Dynamiki - Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE (Athens, Greece) (represented by: N. Korogiannakis and P. Katsimani, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented: initially by N. Bambara and E. Manhaeve, and subsequently by E. Manhaeve, acting as Agents, assisted by P. Wytinck and B. Hoorelbeke, lawyers)
Re:
Application, first, for annulment of the Commission's decision of 21 November 2008 to reject the tender submitted by the applicant in the context of call for tenders REGIO-A4-2008-01 for the maintenance and development of the Directorate-General for Regional Policy's information systems (OJ 2008/S 117-155067) and the decision to award the contract to another tenderer and, secondly, for damages.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Evropaïki Dynamiki - Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 90, 18.4.2009.