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Document 62018TJ0051

    Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 10 September 2019.
    BP v Court of Justice of the European Union.
    Public service contracts — Tender procedure — Call for tenders of the Court of Justice of the European Union — Freelance translators — Selection procedure — Rejection of a tenderer’s offer — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment.
    Case T-51/18.

    Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 10 September 2019 –
    BP v Court of Justice of the European Union

    (Case T‑51/18)

    (Public service contracts — Tender procedure — Call for tenders of the Court of Justice of the European Union — Freelance translators — Selection procedure — Rejection of a tenderer’s offer — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment)

    1. 

    Acts of the institutions — Statement of reasons — Obligation — Scope — Assessment of the duty to state reasons by reference to the circumstances of the case — No need to specify all the relevant factual and legal elements

    (Art. 296, second para. TFEU)

    (see paras 22, 23)

    2. 

    European Union public contracts — Conclusion of a contract following a call for tenders — Discretion of the institutions — Judicial review — Limits

    (see para. 33)

    Re:

    Action based on Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 23 November 2017 rejecting the applicant’s tender for the conclusion of a framework contract for the translation of legal texts from German into Greek.

    Operative part

    The Court:

    1. 

    Dismisses the action;

    2. 

    Orders BP to pay the costs.

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