62024TO0041(02)_INF
Order of the President of the General Court of 7 June 2024 –LGAI Technological Center and jtsec Beyond IT Security v EUSPA
(Case T-41/24 R)
(Interim relief – Public service contracts – Security accreditation services – 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 – Balancing 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 17, 19, 20)
2.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Assessment in public procurement litigation – Serious damage – Sufficient in the case of a particularly serious prima facie case constituted by an obvious and serious illegality – Condition – Application for interim measures brought in the standstill period before conclusion of the contract with the successful tenderer
(Art. 278 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47; European Parliament and Council Regulation 2018/1046, Art. 175)
(see paragraphs 23-25)
3.
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 – Obligation on the part of the contracting authority to provide the evaluation report in its entirety and a detailed comparative analysis of the successful tender and the unsuccessful tender – None
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2018/1046, Art. 170)
(see paragraphs 42-46)
4.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Conditions for granting – Prima facie case – Prima facie examination of the pleas in law put forward in support of the main action – Application for suspension of operation of a decision of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) rejecting a tender submitted by a tenderer in the context of a public contract for the provision of security accreditation services – Tenderer controlled by an entity of a third country – Concept of control – Concept specific to the field of public procurement relating to the EU Space Programme – Autonomous interpretation taking into account security objectives – Compliance by EUSPA with the principles of proportionality and equal treatment – Lack of evidence of a prima facie case
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2021/696, recital 51 and Arts 7, 24(2)(c) and (4) and Art. 36)
(see paragraphs 60-66, 76, 79, 81-83, 85)
Operative part
1.
The application for interim relief is dismissed.
2.
The order of 30 January 2024LGAI Technological Center and jtsec Beyond IT Security v EUSPA (T-41/24 R) is cancelled.
3.
The costs are reserved.