Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 13 September 2012 — Diadikasia Symbouloi Epicheiriseon v Commission and Others

(Case T‑369/11)

Action for damages — Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance — Third country — National public procurement — Decentralised management — Inadmissibility — Lack of jurisdiction

1.                     Actions for damages — Subject matter — Compensation claim alleging unlawfulness of a decision taken by a national authority in a public contract award procedure organised under the decentralised management of an EU programme — No obligation on the EU institutions to adopt a decision in relation thereto — No jurisdiction of EU judicature (Art. 340, second para., TFEU; Council Regulation No 1085/2006) (see paras 47-48, 52-53, 61-62)

2.                     Non-contractual liability — Conditions — Unlawfulness — Damage — Causal link — One of the conditions not satisfied — Claim for compensation dismissed in its entirety (Art. 340, second para., TFEU) (see paras 50, 58)

3.                     Proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Identification of the subject matter of the dispute (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 44(1)(c)) (see para. 51)

Re:

APPLICATION for compensation in respect of the damage arising from the CFCU’s decision of 5 April 2011, and any subsequent decision, annulling the award of the contract ‘Enlargement of the European Turkish Business Centres Network to Sivas, Antakya, Batman and Van — EuropeAid/128621/D/SER/TR’ to the consortium Diadikasia Business Consultants SA (GR) — Wyg International Ltd (UK) — Deleeuw International Ltd (TR) — Cyberpark (TR), on the ground of allegedly false statements.

Operative part

1. The action is dismissed.

2. Diadikasia Symbouloi Epicheiriseon AE is ordered to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission.