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Document 62008TJ0039
Summary of the Judgment
Summary of the Judgment
Keywords
Subject of the case
Operative part
European Union public contracts – Conclusion of a contract following a call for tenders – Criteria for selecting candidates – Assessment of the candidates’ capacity to provide specified services – Award criteria – Comparative assessment of the particular characteristics and merits of individual tenders – Application of a criterion for assessing the capacity of the candidates to perform a contract during the contract attribution phase – Not permissible (Council Regulation No 1605/2002, Art. 97(1) and (2); Commission Regulation No 2342/2002, Art. 138) (see paras 17-24, 38-40, 42)
2. European Union public contracts – Conclusion of a contract following a call for tenders – Discretion of the institutions (see paras 21, 47)
3. Non-contractual liability – Conditions – Unlawfulness – Damage – Causal link – Burden of proof – One of the conditions not satisfied – Claim for compensation dismissed in its entirety (Art. 288, second para., EC) (see paras 45-47)
Re:
First, application for annulment of the Commission Decision of 12 November 2007 rejecting the tender submitted by the applicant in open call for tenders EAC/04/07 relating to the hosting, management, improvement, promotion and maintenance of the Commission’s internet portal for ‘e-learning’ (elearningeuropa.info) (OJ 2007 S 87), and awarding the contract to another tenderer, and, second, application for damages.
Operative part
The Court:
1. Annuls the Commission Decision of 12 November 2007 rejecting the tender submitted by Evropaïki Dynamiki – Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE in open call for tenders EAC/04/07 relating to the hosting, management, enhancement, promotion and maintenance of the European Commission’s internet portal on eLearning (elearningeuropa.info), and awarding the contract to another tenderer;
2. Dismisses the application for damages;
3. Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Evropaïki Dynamiki – Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis.