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Document 62019TO0796

Order of the President of the General Court of 5 March 2020.
HB v European Commission.
Application for interim measures — Public service contracts — Irregularities in the contract award procedure — Recovery of sums already paid — Debit note — Application for suspension of operation — No urgency.
Case T-796/19 R.

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ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2020:82

 Order of the President of the General Court of 5 March 2020 –
HB v Commission

(Case T‑796/19 R)

(Application for interim measures — Public service contracts — Irregularities in the contract award procedure — Recovery of sums already paid — Debit note — Application for suspension of operation — No urgency)

1. 

Interim relief — 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 court hearing the application for interim relief

(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))

(see paras 29, 31, 32, 69-72)

2. 

Interim relief — Admissibility criteria — Application — Formal requirements — Statement of the pleas establishing a prima facie case for granting the measures sought

(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))

(see para. 34)

3. 

Interim relief — Suspension of operation of a measure — Interim measures — Conditions for granting — Urgency — Serious and irreparable damage — Burden of proof — Purely hypothetical damage based on the occurrence of future and uncertain events — Insufficient to demonstrate urgency — Debit note of an institution without executory force — No urgency

(Arts 278, 279 and 299, first para. TFEU)

(see paras 45, 46, 48, 52, 54, 64, 76)

4. 

Interim relief — Suspension of operation of a measure — Interim measures — Conditions for granting — Urgency — Serious and irreparable damage — Burden of proof — Financial loss — Loss capable of being subsequently remedied by means of an action for compensation — Damage which cannot be regarded as irreparable

(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))

(see para. 55)

5. 

Interim relief — Suspension of operation of a measure — Interim measures — Conditions for granting — Urgency — Serious and irreparable damage — Burden of proof — Financial loss — Situation which could jeopardise the existence of the applicant company or irremediably alter its position on the market — Assessment having regard to the situation of the group to which the applicant company belongs

(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))

(see paras 57, 58)

6. 

Interim relief — Suspension of operation of a measure — Conditions for granting — Urgency — Damage to the applicant’s reputation — Non-material damage not capable of being better remedied at the interim stage than in the main proceedings — None

(Art. 278 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156)

(see paras 67, 68)

7. 

Interim relief — Suspension of operation of a measure — Interim measures — Conditions for granting — Prima facie case — Urgency — Cumulative nature — Particularly strong prima facie case — No impact on the obligation to examine urgency separately — Exception

(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))

(see paras 73-75)

Re:

Application pursuant to Articles 278 and 279 TFEU seeking suspension of the operation of Commission Decision C(2019) 7318 final of 15 October 2019 to reduce the amounts due under contract TACIS/2006/101-510 and to recover the amounts unduly paid.

Operative part

1. 

The application for interim measures is dismissed.

2. 

The costs are reserved.

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