Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 9 September 2010.#Evropaïki Dynamiki - Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE v European Commission.#Public service contracts - Publications Office's tendering procedure - Provision of computing services - Rejection of a tenderer's bid - Action for annulment - Award criteria and sub-criteria - Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based - Equal treatment - Transparency - Manifest error of assessment - Misuse of powers - Claim for damages.#Case T-387/08.

Subject of the case

Re:

APPLICATION (i) for annulment of the decision of the Publications Office of the European Union of 20 June 2008 rejecting the tender submitted by the applicant in Call for Tender AO 10185 for computing services – maintenance of the SEI‑BUD/AMD/CR systems and related services and of the decision to award the contract to another tenderer, and (ii) for damages.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Evropaïki Dynamiki – Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE to bear 90% of its own costs and to pay 90% of the costs incurred by the European Commission, and the latter to bear 10% of its own costs and to pay 10% of the costs incurred by Evropaïki Dynamiki – Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE.