Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2020:167
Date: 2020-04-29
Language of the case: Hungarian
Subject matter: Freedom to provide services;Public procurement in the European Union
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Hungary

summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21, first para. and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d)) (see paras 24, 25, 30) 3. Acts of the institutions — Statement of reasons — Obligation — Scope — Decision, in the procedure for the award of a public service contract, not to accept a tender — Obligation for the awarding authority to notify, on written request, the characteristics and relative advantages of the tender accepted and the name of the successful tenderer — Non-communication of the overall price of the successful tenders in the cascade — Infringement of the duty to state reasons (European Parliament and Council Regulation No 966/2012, Arts 102(1) and 113(3), first para., (a)) (see paras 39, 42-47, 49, 51) 4. Acts of the institutions — Statement of reasons — Obligation — Scope — Decision, in the procedure for the award of a public service contract, not to accept a tender — Reasoning to be communicated to the tenderer in time for the latter to bring an action (European Parliament and Council Regulation No 966/2012, Art. 113(3), first para., (a)) (see para. 52) Re: Application based on Article 263 TFEU seeking, in essence, the annulment of the decision of the CdT of 29 August 2018 ranking the applicant’s bid in fifth position in the ranking of successful tenderers according to the cascade mechanism concerning Lot No 12 of contract notice FL/FIN 17. Operative part The Court: 1. Annuls the decision of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CdT) of 29 August 2018 classifying the tender of Intercontact Budapest Fordító és Pénzügyi Tanácsadó Kft. (Intercontact Budapest Kft.) in fifth place in the ranking of successful tenderers according to the cascade mechanism concerning Lot No 12 of contract notice FL/FIN 17; 2. Dismisses the remaining heads of claim in the application; 3. Orders the CdT to pay the costs.