Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2010 — Evropaïki Dynamiki v EMCDDA)

(Case T-63/06) (1)

(Public service contracts - EMCDDA tender procedure - Supply of software programming and consultancy services - Rejection of a submitted tender - Award criteria - Manifest error of assessment - Equal treatment - Transparency - Principle of sound administration - Obligation to state reasons)

(2010/C 288/56)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE (Athens, Greece) (represented by: N. Korogiannakis, lawyer)

Defendant: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) (represented by: D. Storti, Agent, assisted by J. Stuyck, lawyer)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction of 5 December 2005 to reject the bid submitted by the applicant in response to a call for tenders for the supply of software programming and consultancy services (OJ 2005 S 187) and to award the contract to another tenderer or, in the alternative, a claim for damages.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Orders Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE to bear its own costs and to pay those of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA).

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(1)  OJ C 86, 8.4.2006.