Case C-677/15 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 December 2017 — European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) v European Dynamics Luxembourg SA, Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE, European Dynamics Belgium SA (Appeal — Public services contracts — Provision of external services for programme and project management and technical consultancy in the field of information technologies — Cascade procedure — Weighting of sub-criteria within the award criteria — Principles of equal opportunity and transparency — Manifest errors of assessment — Failure to state reasons — Loss of opportunity — Non-contractual liability of the European Union — Claim for damages)
Date: 2017-12-20
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: consultancy, damages, equal treatment, information technology profession, outsourcing, services contract, tendering, transparency in decision-making








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26.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 72/5





Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 December 2017 — European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) v European Dynamics Luxembourg SA, Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE, European Dynamics Belgium SA
(Case C-677/15 P) (1)

((Appeal - Public services contracts - Provision of external services for programme and project management and technical consultancy in the field of information technologies - Cascade procedure - Weighting of sub-criteria within the award criteria - Principles of equal opportunity and transparency - Manifest errors of assessment - Failure to state reasons - Loss of opportunity - Non-contractual liability of the European Union - Claim for damages))
(2018/C 072/05)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: N. Bambara, acting as Agent, P. Wytinck and B. Hoorelbeke, avocats)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Dynamics Luxembourg SA, Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE, European Dynamics Belgium SA (represented by: M. Sfyri, C.-N. Dede and D. Papadopoulou, dikigoroi)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 7 October 2015, European Dynamics Luxembourg and Others v OHIM (T-299/11, EU:T:2015:757), in so far as:






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in paragraph 2 of the operative part, it orders the European Union to pay compensation for the harm suffered by European Dynamics Luxembourg SA as a result of the loss of an opportunity to be awarded the framework contract as the contractor ranked first in the cascade, and










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in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the operative part, it orders the parties to inform the General Court of the amount of compensation arrived at by agreement or, in the absence of an agreement, to transmit to the General Court a statement of their views with supporting figures.














2.


Dismisses the appeal as to the remainder.










3.


Rejects the damages claim submitted by European Dynamics Luxembourg SA, Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE and European Dynamics Belgium SA in Case T-299/11.










4.


Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), European Dynamics Luxembourg SA, Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE and European Dynamics Belgium SA to bear their own costs in relation to the appeal proceedings and the proceedings at first instance.






(1)  OJ C 90, 7.3.2016.