10.11.2014
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 395/43
Judgment of the General Court of 26 September 2014 — B&S Europe v Commission
(Case T-222/13) (1)
((Public service contracts - Call for tenders - Short-term services in the exclusive interest of third countries benefiting from European Union external aid - Rejection of the application - Selection criteria - Contracts divided into tranches - Reference project - Duty to state reasons - Principle of sound administration - Legitimate expectations - Principle of impartiality - Audi alteram partem rule))
2014/C 395/53
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Business and Strategies in Europe (B&S Europe) SA (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: L. Bihain and S. Pâques, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by A. Bordes and R. Tricot, and subsequently by R. Tricot, acting as Agents, assisted by A.-M. Vandromme and J. Stuyck, lawyers)
Re:
Application for annulment of the Commission decision, set out in its letters of 15 February and 2 April 2013, informing the applicant that it had not been included on the list of candidates invited to participate in the restricted call for tenders concerning lot 7 of the multiple framework contract for the provision of short-term services in the exclusive interest of third countries benefiting from European Union external aid (OJ 2012/S 105-174077).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Business and Strategies in Europe (B&S Europe) SA to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 164 of 8.6.2014.
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