# C_2014388EN.01000801.xml

| 3.11.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 388/8 |
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Judgment of the General Court of 23 September 2014 — Mikhalchanka v Council

(Joined Cases T-196/11 and T-542/12)( 1 )

((Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures taken against Belarus - Freezing of funds and economic resources - Restrictions on the entry into and transit through the European Union - Inclusion and retention of the applicant’s name on the list of persons concerned - Journalist - Action for annulment - Time-limit for instituting proceedings - Partial inadmissibility - Rights of the defence - Obligation to state reasons - Error of assessment))

2014/C 388/08

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Aliaksei Mikhalchanka (Minsk, Belorus) (represented by: M. Michalauskas, lawyer)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: in Case T 196/11, F. Naert and M. M. Joséphidès and, in Case T-542/12, F. Naert and J. P. Hix, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application, first, for annulment in part of Council Decision 2011/69/CFSP of 31 January 2011 amending Council Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus (OJ 2011 L 28, p. 40), Council Regulation (EC) No 84/2011 of 31 January 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus (OJ 2011 L 28, p. 17), Council Implementing Decision 2011/174/CFSP of 21 March 2011 implementing Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus (OJ 2011 L 76, p. 72), Council Implementing Regulation (EC) No 271/2011 of 21 March 2011 implementing Article 8a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus (OJ 2011 L 76, p. 13), and, second, of Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP of 15 October 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Belarus (OJ 2012 L 285, p. 1), Council Regulation (EU) No 1014/2012 of 6 November 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus (OJ 2012 L 307, p. 1) and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1017/2012 of 6 November 2012 implementing Article 8a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus (OJ 2012 L 307, p. 7), in so far as all of those acts concern the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls, in so far as they concern Mr Mikhalchanka:
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Council Decision 2011/69/CFSP of 31 January 2011 amending Council Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus; —
Council Implementing Decision 2011/174/CFSP of 21 March 2011 implementing Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus; —
Council Implementing Regulation (EC) No 271/2011 of 21 March 2011 implementing Article 8a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus; —
Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP of 15 October 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Belarus; —
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1017/2012 of 6 November 2012 implementing Article 8a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus. | — | Council Decision 2011/69/CFSP of 31 January 2011 amending Council Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus; | — | Council Implementing Decision 2011/174/CFSP of 21 March 2011 implementing Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus; | — | Council Implementing Regulation (EC) No 271/2011 of 21 March 2011 implementing Article 8a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus; | — | Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP of 15 October 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Belarus; | — | Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1017/2012 of 6 November 2012 implementing Article 8a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus. |
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| — | Council Decision 2011/69/CFSP of 31 January 2011 amending Council Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus; | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Council Implementing Decision 2011/174/CFSP of 21 March 2011 implementing Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus; | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Council Implementing Regulation (EC) No 271/2011 of 21 March 2011 implementing Article 8a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus; | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP of 15 October 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Belarus; | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1017/2012 of 6 November 2012 implementing Article 8a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus. | | | | | | | | | | |

| 2. | Dismisses the Council’s request to maintain the temporal effects of the contested acts. |
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| 3. | Dismisses the remainder of the action. |
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| 4. | Orders the Council to bear, in addition to its own costs, the costs incurred by Mr Mikhalchanka. |
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( 1 )  OJ C 165, 9.6.2012.

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