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009950 AI generated

Portuguese court holds opening a public competition is an execution act, not a definitive administrative act subject to litigation.

Case Number 009950
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed

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The Supreme Administrative Court dismissed the appeal filed by Mr. Americo Barbosa against the Municipal Council of Gondomar's decision to open a public competition. The court determined that such a deliberation is merely an execution act of the definitive project approval, rather than a final administrative decision. Consequently, the court ruled that this preparatory step lacks the autonomy required to be directly challenged in administrative litigation.

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CONCURSO PUBLICO ABERTURA DE CONCURSO ACTO PREPARATORIO PROJECTO APROVAÇÃO ACTO DE EXECUÇÃO ACTO DEFINITIVO

Keywords

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public competition opening administrative execution act definitive administrative act administrative litigation admissibility project approval autonomy municipal deliberation preparatory administrative act

Cited Legislation

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DL 488/71 de 1969/02/19
art. 359
art. 360
art. 815
art. 820
n.º 2

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[AREA TEMATICA 1] DIR ADM GER. DIR ADM CONT - ACTO.

[LEGISLACAO NACIONAL] CADM40 ART359 ART360 ART815 ART820 N2. DL 48871 DE 1969/02/19 ART92.

[1ª PAG. DE PUBLICACAO DO ACORDAO] 856

[ANO DA PUBLICACAO] 76

[APENDICE] DR

[DATA DE ENTRADA] 10/17/1975

[DATA DO APENDICE] 04/20/1978

[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTA00012984

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SA119760520009950

[OBJECTO] SENT AUDITORIA PORTO.

[PRIVACIDADE] 01

[RECORRENTE] BARBOSA , AMERICO

[RECORRIDO 1] CM DE GONDOMAR

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jsta.nsf/35fbbbf22e1bb1e680256f8e003ea931/6ADE51D595FD80C4802568FC0036FF34?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

I - Não constitui acto administrativo definitivo, susceptivel, como tal, de recurso contencioso, a deliberação municipal de abrir concurso publico para determinada obra projectada, mas sim tem a natureza de acto de execução da deliberação definitiva que aprovara o projecto.

II - Na medida em que o acto de abertura de concurso possa ter autonomia em relação a aprovação do projecto, constituira acto preparatorio da decisão final e definitiva de adjudicação da obra.