62019TJ0672_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 9 February 2022 –Companhia de Seguros Índico v Commission
(Case T‑672/19) (
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(Public procurement – Financial Regulation – Exclusion from procurement procedures and from the award of grants financed by the general EU budget and by the EDF for a three-year period – Principle of good faith – Abuse of rights – Manifest error of assessment – Proportionality)
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Acts of the institutions – Statement of reasons – Obligation – Scope – Judicial review
(Art. 296, second para., TFEU)
(see para. 50)
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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 para. 52)
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EU budget – Financial regulation – Administrative penalties which may be imposed by the Commission – Exclusion of an operator from a public procurement procedure – Compliance with the principle of proportionality in determining the penalty imposed on the operator
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 966/2012, as amended by Regulation No 2015/1929, Art. 106(3))
(see para. 80)
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the action;
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Orders Companhia de Seguros Índico SA to pay the costs.
(
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)	OJ C 399, 25.11.2019.