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Order of the President of the General Court of 25 April 2024 –Corporate & Public Management Consulting International v Commission
(Case T‑106/24 R)
(Interim relief – Public supply contracts – Technical services provided in support of the EU-Georgia bilateral agreements – Application for interim measures – No prima facie case)
1.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Prima facie case – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Cumulative nature – Weighing up of all the interests involved – Order of examination and method of verification – Discretion of the judge hearing the application for interim relief
(Arts 256(1), 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see paragraphs 11-14)
2.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Prima facie case – Prima facie examination of the pleas in law put forward in support of the main action
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see paragraph 17)
3.
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 paragraphs 25-27)
4.
Acts of the institutions – Statement of reasons – Obligation – Scope – Assessment of the obligation to state reasons by reference to the circumstances of the case
(Art. 296 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 36, 37)
5.
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 – Assessment having regard to the information at the applicant’s disposal at the time the action was brought
(Art. 296 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation 2018/1046, Art. 170(2))
(see paragraph 38)
6.
EU law – Principles – Rights of the defence – Right to be heard – Scope – Procedure for the award of public contracts – No stage, after the tenders have been evaluated, in which to provide supplementary explanations – Whether permissible
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41(2))
(see paragraphs 44, 45)
Operative part
1.
The application for interim measures is dismissed.
2.
The order of 23 February 2024, Corporate & Public Management Consulting International v Commission (T‑106/24 R), is cancelled.
3.
The costs are reserved.