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Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 6 September 2023 –Sopra Steria Benelux and Unisys Belgium v Commission
(Case T‑108/22) (
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(Public service contracts – Tendering procedure – Services for the specification, development, maintenance and support of IT platforms for the Directorate-General Taxation and Customs Union – Decision taken following the annulment by the General Court of a previous decision – Rejection of the tender submitted by a tenderer and award of the contract to the tenderer whose tender had initially been accepted – Execution of a judgment of the General Court – Article 266 TFEU – Manifest error of assessment)
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Action for annulment – Action against a decision refusing to withdraw or amend an earlier act – Inadmissibility – Concept of confirmatory decision – Decision adopted following a re-examination of the earlier decision and on the basis of new factors – Precluded
(Art. 263 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 22-24)
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Action for annulment – Judgment annulling a measure – Effects – Obligation to implement – Scope – Both the operative part and the grounds of the judgment to be taken into account – Reopening of the procedure at the stage at which the irregularity was found to have occurred – Whether permissible
(Art. 266 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 37-40)
3.
Fundamental rights – Charter of Fundamental Rights – Right to good administration – Scope
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41)
(see paragraph 54)
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Judicial proceedings – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Identification of the subject matter of the dispute – Brief statement 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 paragraph 57)
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European Union public contracts – Conclusion of a contract following a call for tenders – Discretion of the institutions – Judicial review – Limits
(see paragraphs 60, 61)
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Action for annulment – Pleas in law – Action against a decision rejecting a tender submitted by a tenderer in the context of a public procurement procedure launched by an EU institution – Plea in law alleging a manifest error of assessment on the part of the contracting authority – Burden of proof borne by the applicant
(Art. 263 TFEU)
(see paragraph 62)
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the action;
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Orders Sopra Steria Benelux and Unisys Belgium to pay the costs.
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