Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 29 January 2014

European Dynamics Belgium SA and Others v European Medicines Agency

Public service contracts — Community tender procedure — External service provision for software applications — Decision to classify the applicant’s tender in second place for the purposes of a cascading contract — Award criteria — Addition of award criterion not provided for by the contract documents — Assessment of a selection criterion at the award stage — Transparency

Case T‑158/12



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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
21/02/2014 European Dynamics Belgium and Others v EMA
European Union public contracts
  • European Union public contracts
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2014:36		 29/01/2014 European Dynamics Belgium and Others v EMA
European Union public contracts
  • European Union public contracts
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Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2014:36		 29/01/2014 European Dynamics Belgium and Others v EMA
European Union public contracts
  • European Union public contracts
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
08/06/2012 European Dynamics Belgium and Others v EMA
European Union public contracts
  • European Union public contracts
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

Subject-matter

Application for annulment of the decision of the European Medicines Agency of 31 January 2012, taken in the tendering procedure EMA/2011/17/ICT on the provision of external services for software applications, to place the applicants’ tender in second place in the cascading contract mechanism in respect of Lot 1, and for damages.

Systematic classification scheme

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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.08 Public procurement by the EU institutions
    2.08.05 Judicial review
      2.08.05.01 Extent of judicial review
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.08 Public procurement by the EU institutions
    2.08.03 Conduct of procurement procedures
      2.08.03.07 Award of contract
        2.08.03.07.01 Award criteria
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.08 Public procurement by the EU institutions
    2.08.03 Conduct of procurement procedures
      2.08.03.05 Choice of participants
        2.08.03.05.01 Selection criteria
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.08 Public procurement by the EU institutions
    2.08.03 Conduct of procurement procedures
      2.08.03.07 Award of contract
        2.08.03.07.01 Award criteria
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.08 Public procurement by the EU institutions
    2.08.03 Conduct of procurement procedures
      2.08.03.07 Award of contract
        2.08.03.07.02 Assessment procedures
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.08 Public procurement by the EU institutions
    2.08.01 Principles governing public procurement
      2.08.01.01 Equal treatment and transparency
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.08 Public procurement by the EU institutions
    2.08.03 Conduct of procurement procedures
      2.08.03.07 Award of contract
        2.08.03.07.01 Award criteria


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 05/04/2012

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

29/01/2014


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 184 from 23.06.2012, p.15

Judgment: OJ C 71 from 08.03.2014, p.18

Name of the parties

European Dynamics Belgium and Others v EMA

Notes on Academic Writings

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Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • European Union public contracts

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds
  • Action for damages : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

deuxième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Schwarcz

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • Greek

Language(s) of the Opinion

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