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Document 62010TO0299
Order of the President of the General Court of 31 August 2010.#Babcock Noell GmbH v European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy.#Application for interim measures – Public contracts – Tendering procedure – Rejection of a tender – Application for suspension of operation of a measure – Prima facie case – Urgency – Balance of interests.#Case T-299/10 R.
Order of the President of the General Court of 31 August 2010.
Babcock Noell GmbH v European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy.
Application for interim measures – Public contracts – Tendering procedure – Rejection of a tender – Application for suspension of operation of a measure – Prima facie case – Urgency – Balance of interests.
Case T-299/10 R.
Order of the President of the General Court of 31 August 2010.
Babcock Noell GmbH v European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy.
Application for interim measures – Public contracts – Tendering procedure – Rejection of a tender – Application for suspension of operation of a measure – Prima facie case – Urgency – Balance of interests.
Case T-299/10 R.
Thuarascálacha na Cúirte Eorpaí 2010 II-00161*
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2010:334
Order of the President of the General Court of 31 August 2010 – Babcock Noell v Entreprise commune Fusion for Energy
(Case T-299/10 R)
Application for interim measures – Public contracts – Tendering procedure – Rejection of a tender – Application for suspension of operation of a measure – Prima facie case – Urgency – Balance of interests
1. Application for interim measures – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Prima facie case – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Cumulative nature – Balancing of all the interests involved – Order of examination and method of verification – Discretion of the judge dealing with the application for interim relief (Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 104(2)) (see paras 11-13)
2. Application for interim measures – Conditions for admissibility – Application – Formal requirements – Statement of the pleas in law establishing a prima facie case for granting the measures sought – Pleas in law not set out in the application – General reference to other documents – Inadmissibility (Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Arts 44(1)(c) and 104(3)) (see paras 16-20, 30)
3. Application for interim measures – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Burden of proof (Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 104(2)) (see para. 33)
4. Application for interim measures – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Financial loss – Loss of an opportunity to be awarded and to perform the contract in the tendering procedure – Loss capable of full remedy in the context of the action in the main proceedings or an action for compensation – Not irreparable (Arts 268 TFEU, 278 TFEU, 279 TFEU and 340 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 104(2)) (see paras 48-51)
5. Application for interim measures – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Burden of proof – Financial loss – Assessment having regard to the size of the undertaking and the situation of the group to which it belongs – Jurisdiction of the court hearing the application for interim relief (Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 104(2)) (see paras 14, 52-55, 57)
6. Application for interim measures – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Serious and irreparable damage – Decision to exclude a tenderer from a tender procedure – Damage to its reputation – Damage which cannot be regarded as irreparable (Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 104(2)) (see para. 59)
7. Application for interim measures – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Balancing of all the interests involved – Damage to the applicant’s reputation – General interest of the European Union taking priority over the purely public relations interest of the applicant (Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU) (see paras 63-68)
Re:
APPLICATION for suspension of operation of decisions taken by the defendant, in the context of a tendering procedure, to reject the applicant’s tenders and to award to another tenderer Lot D of the contract for the supply of ITER toroidal field coils winding packs. |
Operative part
1. |
The application for interim measures is dismissed. |
2. |
Costs are reserved. |