# C_2011355EN.01002702.xml

| 3.12.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 355/27 |
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3.12.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 355/27

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Action brought on 14 October 2011 — Ghreiwati v Council

(Case T-543/11)

2011/C 355/49

Language of the case: French

Parties

Parties

Applicant: Emad Ghreiwati (Al Maliki, Syria) (represented by: P.-F. Gaborit, lawyer)

Applicant:

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Defendant:

Form of order sought

Form of order sought

| — | annul Decision 2011/522/CFSP, Regulation (EU) No 878/2011, Decision 2011/628/PESC and Regulation (EU) No 950/2011 of the Council of the European Union in so far as they concern Mr Emad Ghreiwati; |
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annul Decision 2011/522/CFSP, Regulation (EU) No 878/2011, Decision 2011/628/PESC and Regulation (EU) No 950/2011 of the Council of the European Union in so far as they concern Mr Emad Ghreiwati;

| — | order the Council of the European Union to pay the costs. |
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order the Council of the European Union to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law.

| 1. | First plea in law, alleging insufficient statement of reasons, and infringement of the rights of the defence and of the right to an effective legal remedy, in so far as:






  — | the contested measures, adding the name of the applicant to the list of persons concerned by the restrictive measures against Syria, do not show the reasons for the restrictive measure taken against the latter; |
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First plea in law, alleging insufficient statement of reasons, and infringement of the rights of the defence and of the right to an effective legal remedy, in so far as:

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the contested measures, adding the name of the applicant to the list of persons concerned by the restrictive measures against Syria, do not show the reasons for the restrictive measure taken against the latter;

| — | those decisions were not notified to the applicant; and |
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those decisions were not notified to the applicant; and

| — | the evidence held against the applicant to justify the restrictive measures concerning him has still not been communicated, despite a request addressed to the Council of the European Union. |
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the evidence held against the applicant to justify the restrictive measures concerning him has still not been communicated, despite a request addressed to the Council of the European Union.

| 2. | Second plea in law, alleging, in the alternative, a manifest error of assessment, inasmuch as neither the applicant’s position as President of the Damascus Chamber of Industry nor his capacity as a shareholder of the Zouheir Ghreiwati Company supports the allegation of economic support for the Syrian regime. |
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Second plea in law, alleging, in the alternative, a manifest error of assessment, inasmuch as neither the applicant’s position as President of the Damascus Chamber of Industry nor his capacity as a shareholder of the Zouheir Ghreiwati Company supports the allegation of economic support for the Syrian regime.

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