Judgment of the General Court of 22 September 2011 - Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
(Public service contracts - Tendering procedure - Provision of computer and related services, including the maintenance and development of the information systems of the Commission Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries - Rejection of a tender - Obligation to state reasons - Equal treatment - Transparency - Award criteria - Conflict of interests - 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, P. Katsimani and M. Dermitzakis, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: N. Bambara and E. Manhaeve, Agents, assisted by J. Stuyck, lawyer)
Re:
APPLICATION for annulment of the Commission's decision of 12 December 2008 rejecting the tender submitted by the applicant in response to Call for Tenders MARE/2008/01 for the provision of computer and related services, including the maintenance and development of the information systems of the Commission's Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Directorate-General (OJ 2008, S 115) and of the decision to award the contract to another tenderer, and an application for damages
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Evropaïki Dynamiki - Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.
____________1 - OJ C 113, 16.5.2009.