European Union – Public procurement. The respondent European Chemicals Agency (the ECHA) had rejected the tender by European Dynamics Luxembourg SA and other companies (the applicants) for a framework contract for the provision of IT services to the ECHA and had awarded the contract to another consortium. In dismissing the applicants' action for annulment of the award decision, the Court of Justice of the European Union held that all the pleas submitted by the applicants were unfounded. Consequently, their action for annulment of the decision awarding the contract to the other consortium and their claim for damages would also be rejected.