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Portuguese court holds public administration liable for project costs borne by non-awarded contractor under specific laws.

Case Number 0681/02
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The Supreme Administrative Court of Portugal allowed the claim for civil liability against the public administration regarding project development costs. The appellant argued that the administration must indemnify the contractor admitted to the competition but not awarded the contract, citing specific legal provisions. The court ruled in favor of the claim, establishing that such costs are abnormal and must be borne by the administration under the cited statutes.

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EMPREITADA DE OBRAS PÚBLICAS. RESPONSABILIDADE CIVIL. ANULAÇÃO DE CONCURSO.

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public works contract civil liability project development costs non-awarded contractor administrative indemnity

Cited Legislation

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Art. 10 of D.L. 405/93
Art. 9 of D.L. 48051

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[AREA TEMATICA 1] DIR ADM CONT - RESPONSABILIDADE EXTRA.

[LEGISLACAO NACIONAL] DL 405/93 DE 1993/12/10 ART10. DL 48051 DE 1967/11/21 ART9.

[DATA DE ENTRADA] 04/24/2002

[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTA00058005

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SA1200209260681

[OBJECTO] SENT TAC DE 2001/12/18.

[RECORRENTE] A...

[RECORRIDO 1] CM DA FIGUEIRA DA FOZ

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jsta.nsf/35fbbbf22e1bb1e680256f8e003ea931/E7EDBC0F930C10CD80256C4600546C52?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

I - A responsabilidade civil da Administração pelo pagamento de indemnização pelos encargos suportados com a elaboração de projecto ao concorrente admitido e não adjudicatário tem fundamento no artº 10º do D.L. 405/93 e no artº 9º do D.L. 48 051.

II - Os encargos suportados, em tal tipo de empreitada, são anormais e não suportados pelos empreiteiros em outro tipo de empreitadas.