Order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 6 May 2013 — Ethniko kai Kapodistriako Panepistimio Athinon v ECDC

(Case T‑577/11)

Action for annulment — Public service contracts — Tendering procedure — Provision to the ECDC of systematic review and expert guidance services on the public health effectiveness of molecular typing of viral pathogens — Rejection of a tenderer’s bid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law

1.                     Actions for annulment — Competence of the EU judicature — Claim seeking that directions be issued to an institution — Inadmissibility (Arts 263 TFEU and 266 TFEU) (see para. 12)

2.                     EU public contracts — Conclusion of a contract following a call for tenders — Discretion of the institutions — Judicial review — Limits (Art. 263 TFEU) (see paras 16, 19)

3.                     Acts of the institutions — Statement of reasons — Obligation — Scope — Decision, in the award of a public contract, not to accept a tender — Immediate communication of the grounds for rejecting the unsuccessful tenderer and provision, on demand, of additional information on the grounds for the rejection (Art. 296 TFEU; Council Regulation No 1605/2002, Art. 100(2); Commission Regulation No 2342/2002, Art. 149(3)) (see paras 21-25)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of the ECDC’s decision of 25 August 2011 rejecting the bid submitted by the applicant in the tendering procedure PROC/2001/041 concerning the provision of systematic review and expert guidance services on the public health effectiveness of molecular typing of viral pathogens (OJ 2011/S 109-179084).

Operative part

1. The action is dismissed.

2. Ethniko kai Kapodistriako Panepistimio Athinon is ordered to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).