LA International Cooperation Srl v European Commission (T-609/20)

Judgment of 29 Jun 2022

law://eu/cjeu/2020/t-609-20/para_156@2026-11-14

156In that regard, the Court notes that Article 133a(1) of Regulation No 2342/2002, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 478/2007 of 23 April 2007 (OJ 2007 L 111, p. 13), and Article 106(3) of Regulation No 966/2012, as amended by Regulation 2015/1929, require a contracting authority which excludes an economic operator to comply with the principle of proportionality. In particular, the said Article 106(3) provides that the contracting authority’s decision must take into account, inter alia, the seriousness of the situation, including the impact on the European Union’s financial interests and image, the time which has elapsed since the relevant conduct, its duration and its recurrence, the intention or degree of negligence, or any other mitigating circumstances, such as the degree of collaboration of the economic operator with the relevant competent authority and its contribution to the investigation as recognised by the contracting authority.

LA International Cooperation Srl v European Commission (T-609/20)

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