62021TO0717_INF
Order of the President of the General Court of 26 January 2022 –ICA Traffic v Commission
(Case T‑717/21 R)
(Application for interim relief – Public procurement – Supply of disinfection robots – Application for interim measures – No urgency)
1.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Prima facie case – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Cumulative nature – Balancing of all the interests involved – Order of examination and method of verification – Discretion of the court hearing the application for interim relief
(Arts 256(1), 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156)
(see paras 19, 21, 22)
2.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Burden of proof – Obligation to provide concrete and precise indications, supported by detailed documentary evidence
(Arts 256(1), 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see paras 25-28, 35)
3.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Financial loss – Serious nature of damage – Situation liable to endanger the existence of the applicant company – Assessment in the light of the size and turnover of the undertaking and the situation of the group to which it belongs
(Arts 256(1), 278 and 279 TFEU)
(see paras 33, 34)
4.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Loss of opportunity arising from the exclusion of a tenderer from a tendering procedure – Loss that does not in itself constitute irreparable damage
(Arts 268, 278, 279 and 340 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4); European Parliament and Council Regulation 2018/1046, Art. 171, first para.)
(see paras 39, 40)
5.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Particularly serious nature of the prima facie case – Application not well founded due to a complete failure to demonstrate urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Burden of proof
(Arts 256(1), 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see para. 44)
Operative part
1.
The application for interim relief is dismissed.
2.
The costs are reserved.