Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2013:429
Date: 2013-09-13
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: External relations;Common foreign and security policy
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for damages - unfounded;Application to intervene - decision unnecessary

summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — Pleas in law not set out in the application — Reference to annexes as a whole — Inadmissibility (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 21; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 44(1)(c)) (see para. 57) 5. EU law — Principles — Rights of defence — Right to effective judicial protection — Restrictive measures against Syria — Freezing of funds of certain persons and bodies in view of the situation in Syria — Obligation to disclose incriminating evidence — Scope (Art. 6(1) TEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 41(2)(a), and 47; Council Decision 2011/273/CFSP, as amended by Decision 2011/522/ CFSP, Art. 5; Council Regulation No 442/2011, as amended by Regulation No 878/2011, Art. 14(2)) (see paras 64-66, 68) 6. Acts of the institutions — Statement of reasons — Obligation — Scope — Restrictive measures against Syria — Freezing of funds of persons, entities or bodies in view of the situation in Syria — Decision falling within a context known to the person concerned, enabling him to understand the scope of the measure taken in his regard — Admissibility of a summary statement of reasons (Art. 296 TFEU; Council Decision 2011/273/CFSP, as amended by Decision 2011/522/CFSP; Council Regulation No 442/2011, as amended by Regulation No 878/2011) (see paras 74-76) Re: First, application for annulment of Council Decision 2011/522/CFSP of 2 September 2011 amending Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2011 L 228, p. 16), of Council Decision 2011/628/CFSP of 23 September 2011 amending Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2011 L 247, p. 17), of Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP of 1 December 2011 concerning restrictive measures against Syria and repealing Decision 2011/273/CFSP (OJ 2011 L 319, p. 56), of Council Regulation (EU) No 878/2011 of 2 September 2011 amending Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (OJ 2011 L 228, p. 1), and of Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 of 18 January 2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria and repealing Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 (OJ 2012 L 16, p. 1), in so far as the applicant is named in the list of persons subject to the restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria, and, second, application for payment of compensation for damage suffered. Operative part The Court: 1. Declares that there is no need to adjudicate on the Commission’s application for leave to intervene; 2. Dismisses the application; 3. Orders Mr Issam Anbouba to bear his own costs.