Judgments (Information) nº T-668/11 of The General Court, June 06, 2013

• Resolution Date: June 06, 2013
• Issuing Organization: The General Court
• Decision Number: T-668/11

Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 6 June 2013 — VIP Car Solutions v Parliament

(Case T‑668/11)

Non-contractual liability — Public service contracts — Community procurement procedure — Transport of Members of the European Parliament in chauffeur-driven cars and minibuses during sessions at Strasbourg — Rejection of the bid of a tenderer — Annulment by the General Court of the rejection decision — Loss allegedly suffered following the decision rejecting the applicant’s bid — Action for damages

1. Actions for damages — Autonomy in relation to the action for annulment — Limits — Misuse of procedure — Burden of proof (Arts 268 TFEU and 340, second para., TFEU) (see para. 18)

2. Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Identification of the subject-matter of the dispute — Brief summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — Action for compensation for damage caused by an EU institution (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 44(1)(c)) (see para. 28)

3. Non-contractual liability — Conditions — Unlawfulness — Damage — Causal link — Cumulative conditions — One of the conditions not satisfied — Action dismissed in its entirety (Art. 340, second para., TFEU) (see paras 34, 35, 38)

4. Non-contractual liability — Conditions — Unlawfulness — Damage — Causal link — Annulment for lack of reasoning of a decision of the European Parliament having...