22.3.2021   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 98/28


Order of the General Court of 4 February 2021 — Germann Avocats v Commission

(Case T-352/18) (1)

(Action for annulment and for damages - Public service contracts - Tendering procedure - Follow-up study on trade union practices on non-discrimination and diversity - Rejection of a tenderer’s bid - Award criteria - Action in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law and in part manifestly inadmissible)

(2021/C 98/31)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Germann Avocats LLC (Geneva, Switzerland) (represented by: C. Giannakopoulos and N. Skandamis, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Estrada de Solà and A. Katsimerou, acting as Agents, and by R. van Melsen, lawyer)

Re:

First, application based on Article 263 TFEU for the annulment of the Commission’s decision to reject the applicant’s bid submitted in response to the call for tenders JUST/2017/RDIS/FW/EQUA/0042 (‘Follow-up study on trade union practices on non-discrimination and diversity’ (2017/S 215-446067)) and, secondly, application based on Article 268 TFEU for compensation for the damage allegedly suffered by the applicant following the adoption of that decision.

Operative part of the order

1.

The action is dismissed.

2.

Germann Avocats LLC shall pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 301, 27.8.2018.