Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2013:217
Date: 2013-04-25
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: External relations;Common foreign and security policy
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

summary statement of reasons (Art. 296 TFEU; Council Regulation No 560/2005, as amended by Regulation No 25/2011, Annex IA; Council Decision 2010/656, as amended by Decision 2011/18, Annex II) (see paras 40-46) 3. Actions for annulment — Pleas in law — Infringement of essential procedural requirements — Obligation to state reasons — Plea distinct from that of the lawfulness of the contested decision (Art. 263, second para., TFEU) (see para. 52) 4. European Union — Judicial review of the legality of the acts of the institutions — Restrictive measures against the Ivory Coast — Freezing of funds of certain persons and entities in light of the situation in the Ivory Coast — Judicial review — Scope — Restricted review for general rules — Review extending to assessment of facts and verification of evidence for measures applying to specific bodies (Art. 29 TEU; Art. 215(2) TFEU; Council Regulation No 560/2005, as amended by Regulation No 25/2011, Art. 11a(1) and (2); Council Decision 2010/656, as amended by Decision 2011/18, Art. 7(1) and (2)) (see paras 56-58) Re: APPLICATION for annulment, first, of Council Decision 2011/18/CFSP of 14 January 2011 amending Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d’Ivoire (OJ 2011 L 11, p. 36), and, second, of Council Regulation (EU) No 25/2011 of 14 January 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire (OJ 2011 L 11, p. 1). Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Mr Marcel Gossio to bear his own costs and those incurred by the Council of the European Union; 3. Orders the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and the European Commission to bear their own costs.