CELEX: 62014TA0199
Language: en
Date: 2015-10-29 00:00:00
Title: Case T-199/14: Judgment of the General Court of 29 October 2015 — Vanbreda Risk & Benefits v Commission (Public services contracts — Tendering procedure — Supply of insurance services for property and persons — Rejection of a tender — Award of the contract to another tenderer — Equal treatment — Sufficiently serious infringement of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals — Non-contractual liability — Loss of an opportunity — Interim judgment)

21.12.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 429/19
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 29 October 2015 — Vanbreda Risk & Benefits v Commission
   (Case T-199/14) (1)
   
   ((Public services contracts - Tendering procedure - Supply of insurance services for property and persons - Rejection of a tender - Award of the contract to another tenderer - Equal treatment - Sufficiently serious infringement of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals - Non-contractual liability - Loss of an opportunity - Interim judgment))
   (2015/C 429/25)
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Vanbreda Risk & Benefits (Antwerp, Belgium) (represented initially by: P. Teerlinck and P. de Bandt, then by P. Teerlinck, P. de Bandt and M. Gherghinaru, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: S. Delaude and L. Cappelletti, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   First, action for annulment of the decision of 30 January 2014 by which the Commission rejected the tender submitted by the applicant for Lot 1 in the context of call for tenders No OIB.DR.2/PO/2013/062/591 relating to the insurance of property and persons (OJ 2013/S 155-269617) and awarded it to another company, and, second, an action for damages.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
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               Annuls the decision of 30 January 2014 by which the Commission rejected the tender submitted by the applicant for Lot 1 in the context of call for tenders No OIB.DR.2/PO/2013/062/591 relating to the insurance of property and persons (OJ 2013/S 155-269617) and awarded Lot 1 to another company;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the European Union to pay compensation for the harm suffered by Vanbreda Risk & Benefits for the loss of the opportunity to be awarded the abovementioned contract and to obtain the corresponding references for the award of the contract;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Dismisses the claim for compensation as to the remainder;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders the parties to inform the Court, within six months from the delivery of the present judgment, of the amount of compensation arrived at by agreement for that loss suffered;
            
         
               5.
            
            
               Orders that, in the absence of agreement, the parties shall transmit to the Court, within the same period, a statement of their views with supporting figures;
            
         
               6.
            
            
               Reserves the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 159, 26.5.2014.