Official Journal of the European Union

C 242/26

(Case T-525/19) (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">1</span>)

(Public contracts - Tendering procedure - Reduction of dust and nitrogen oxide emissions at the Kosovo B thermal power plant, Units B1 and B2 - Rejection of the application - Application for annulment submitted in the reply - New claims - Manifest inadmissibility - Amendment of the selection criteria during the procedure - Equal treatment)

(2021/C 242/34)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicants: Intering Sh.p.k (Obiliq, Kosovo), Steinmüller Engineering GmbH (Gummersbach, Germany), Deling d.o.o. za proizvodnju, promet i usluge (Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina), ZM-Vikom d.o.o. za proizvodnju, konstrukcije i montažu (Šibenik, Croatia) (represented by: R. Spielhofen, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Estrada de Solà, B. Bertelmann and M. Kellerbauer, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of (i) Commission Decision Ares(2019) 4979920 of 30 July 2019 not to accept the application of the applicants to participate in the restricted procedure for the award of the contract relating to the call for tenders EuropeAid/140043/DH/WKS/XK and (ii) of the decision of 18 October 2019 concerning the award of that contract.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.Annuls the decision of the European Commission of 30 July 2019 (Ares(2019)4979920) not to accept the applications of Intering Sh.p.k, Steinmüller Engineering GmbH, Deling d.o.o. za proizvodnju, promet i usluge and ZM-Vikom d.o.o. za proizvodnju, konstrukcije i montažu to participate in the restricted procedure for the award of the contract relating to the call for tenders EuropeAid/140043/DH/WKS/XK;

2.Dismisses the remainder of the action;

3.Orders the Commission to pay the costs, including those relating to the interim proceedings.

(<span class="oj-super">1</span>) OJ C 328, 30.9.2019.