# C_2013156EN.01004501.xml

| 1.6.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 156/45 |
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1.6.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 156/45

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Action brought on 20 March 2013 — Ben Ali v Council

(Case T-166/13)

2013/C 156/84

Language of the case: French

Parties

Parties

Applicant: Mehdi Ben Tijani Ben Haj Hamda Ben Haj Hassen Ben Ali (Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, France) (represented by: A. de Saint Remy, lawyer)

Applicant:

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Defendant:

Form of order sought

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the General Court should:

| — | adopt a measure for the organisation of procedure under Article 64 of its Rules of Procedure, in order to ensure that Commission disclose ‘all the documents relating to the adoption’ of the contested regulation; |
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adopt a measure for the organisation of procedure under Article 64 of its Rules of Procedure, in order to ensure that Commission disclose ‘all the documents relating to the adoption’ of the contested regulation;

all the documents relating to the adoption

| — | annul Decision No 2012/50/CFSP of 27 January 2012 extending the effects of Decision No 2011/72/CFSP of 31 January 2011 and Implementing Decision No 2011/79/CFSP of 4 February 2011 which caused Mr Mehdi Ben Tijani Ben Haj Hamda Ben Haj Hassen BEN ALI to be adversely affected by a series of restrictive measures consisting of the freezing of all his funds, assets and other economic resources; |
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annul Decision No 2012/50/CFSP of 27 January 2012 extending the effects of Decision No 2011/72/CFSP of 31 January 2011 and Implementing Decision No 2011/79/CFSP of 4 February 2011 which caused Mr Mehdi Ben Tijani Ben Haj Hamda Ben Haj Hassen BEN ALI to be adversely affected by a series of restrictive measures consisting of the freezing of all his funds, assets and other economic resources;

| — | order the Council of the European Union to pay the applicant an overall sum of EUR 50 000 in compensation for all forms of damage suffered by him; |
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order the Council of the European Union to pay the applicant an overall sum of EUR 50 000 in compensation for all forms of damage suffered by him;

| — | order the Council of the European Union to pay the applicant a sum of EUR 10 500 for legal expenses in support of this application in addition to those legal expenses under Article 91 of the Rules of Procedure which are recoverable costs; |
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order the Council of the European Union to pay the applicant a sum of EUR 10 500 for legal expenses in support of this application in addition to those legal expenses under Article 91 of the Rules of Procedure which are recoverable costs;

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

Pleas in law and main arguments

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on seven pleas in law which are, in essence, identical or similar to those relied on in Case T-301/11 Ben Ali v Council. (1)

Ben Ali

Council

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(1)  OJ 2011 C 226, p. 29.

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