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    Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 6 September 2023.
    Enmacc GmbH v European Commission.
    Public supply contracts – Procurement procedure – Organisation of demand aggregation and tendering of gas under the EU Energy Platform – Negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice – Refusal of a request to participate in the procedure – Obligation to state reasons – Article 164(5)(f) of, and point 11.1(c) of Annex I to, Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 – Transparency – Equal treatment.
    Case T-1/23.

    Court reports – general

    ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2023:506

     Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 6 September 2023 –
    Enmacc v Commission

    (Case T‑1/23) ( 1 )

    (Public supply contracts – Procurement procedure – Organisation of demand aggregation and tendering of gas under the EU Energy Platform – Negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice – Refusal of a request to participate in the procedure – Obligation to state reasons – Article 164(5)(f) of, and point 11.1(c) of Annex I to, Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 – Transparency – Equal treatment)

    1. 

    Acts of the institutions – Statement of reasons – Obligation – Scope – Decision, in the procedure for the award of a public service contract, not to accept a tender – Obligation on the awarding authority to provide a detailed comparative analysis of the tender accepted and the tender of the unsuccessful tenderer – None

    (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2018/1046, Art. 170(2) and (3)(a))

    (see paragraph 33)

    2. 

    Approximation of laws – Public procurement procedures in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors – Regulation 2022/2576 – Derogations from common rules – Conditions

    (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2018/1046, Art. 164(1)(d) and (5)(f), and Annex I, point 11.1(c); Council Regulation 2022/2576)

    (see paragraph 41)

    3. 

    Approximation of laws – Public procurement procedures in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors – Regulation 2022/2576 – Negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice – Contracting authority allowed to approach only one economic operator – Conditions – Unforeseeable events – Meaning

    (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2018/1046, Art. 164(1)(d), and Annex I, point 11.1(c); Council Regulation 2022/2576)

    (see paragraph 51)

    4. 

    Approximation of laws – Public procurement procedures in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors – Regulation 2022/2576 – Open procedure – Conditions – Consequences

    (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2018/1046, Art. 164(1)(a), and Annex I, point 26.1(a); Council Regulation 2022/2576)

    (see paragraphs 70-82)

    5. 

    Approximation of laws – Public procurement procedures in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors – Regulation 2022/2576 – Negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice – Contracting authority allowed to approach only one economic operator – Conditions – Extreme urgency – Meaning

    (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2018/1046, Art. 164(1)(d), and Annex I, point 11.1(c); Council Regulation 2022/2576)

    (see paragraphs 83, 84)

    6. 

    Approximation of laws – Public procurement procedures in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors – Regulation 2022/2576 – Negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice – Contracting authority allowed to approach only one economic operator – Conditions – Causal link between the unforeseeable event and the extreme urgency – Contracting authority having unduly delayed the launch of the procurement procedure – Not included

    (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2018/1046, Art. 164(1)(d), and Annex I, point 11.1(c); Council Regulation 2022/2576)

    (see paragraph 91)

    7. 

    Approximation of laws – Public procurement procedures in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors – Regulation 2022/2576 – Negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice – Contracting authority allowed to approach only one economic operator – Conditions – Causal link between the unforeseeable event and the extreme urgency – Preparation of the schedule of the procurement procedure by the Commission – Included

    (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2018/1046, Art. 164(1)(d), and Annex I, point 11.1(c); Council Regulation 2022/2576)

    (see paragraph 104)

    8. 

    Approximation of laws – Public procurement procedures in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors – Regulation 2022/2576 – Negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice – Contracting authority allowed to approach only one economic operator – Conditions – Need for shortage to have actually occurred – Not included

    (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2018/1046, Art. 164(1)(d), and Annex I, point 11.1(c); Council Regulation 2022/2576)

    (see paragraph 110)

    9. 

    Approximation of laws – Public procurement procedures in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors – Regulation 2022/2576 – Negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice – Contracting authority allowed to approach only one economic operator – Conditions – Prospecting the market – Not included

    (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2018/1046, Art. 164(1)(d), and Annex I, point 11.1(c); Council Regulation 2022/2576)

    (see paragraphs 119, 124)

    Operative part

    The Court:

    1. 

    Dismisses the action;

    2. 

    Orders Enmacc GmbH to pay the costs, including those relating to the proceedings for interim relief.


    ( 1 ) OJ C 54, 13.2.2023.

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