62019TJ0652_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 9 February 2022 –Elevolution – Engenharia v Commission
(Case T‑652/19) (
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(Public procurement – Financial Regulation – Exclusion from procurement and grant award procedures covered by the EDF for a three-year period – Obligation to state reasons – Principle of sound administration – Right to be heard – 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 paras 46, 88)
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Fundamental rights – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Right to sound administration – Scope
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41)
(see para. 59)
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EU law – Principles – Rights of the defence – Right to be heard – Scope
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41)
(see paras 60, 64)
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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 – Absence of a final decision establishing that an economic operator is in breach of its contractual obligations – Included
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 966/2012, as amended by Regulation 2015/1929, Arts 106(2) and 109(1)(b))
(see paras 76-78)
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the action;
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Orders Elevolution – Engenharia, SA to pay the costs, including those relating to the interlocutory proceedings.
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)	OJ C 399, 25.11.2019.