Judgment of the General Court of 3 March 2011 - Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
(Public service contracts - Tender procedure - Provision of IT and user support services relating to the Community emissions trading scheme - Rejection of bid - Award criteria - Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based - Manifest error of assessment - Equal treatment - Transparency)
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: P. Wytinck and B. Hoorelbeke, lawyers)
Re:
First, application for the annulment of the Commission's decisions of 13 October 2008, rejecting the bids submitted by the applicant for each of the three lots relating to open invitation to tender DG ENV.C2/FRA/2008/0017 'Framework contract for Emission Trading Scheme - CITL/CR' (2008/ S 72-096229) and to award those contracts to another tenderer and, secondly, claim 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 69, 21.3.2009.