Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2022:258
Date: 2022-04-27
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: External relations;Common foreign and security policy
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 27 April 2022 – Ruhorimbere v Council (Case T-120/21) 1 (Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – Freezing of funds – Restriction on admission to the territories of the Member States – Retention of the applicant’s name on the lists of persons covered – Right to be heard – Proof that inclusion and retention on the lists is well founded – Manifest error of assessment – Continuation of the factual and legal circumstances which led to the adoption of the restrictive measures) Language of the case: French Parties Applicant: Éric Ruhorimbere (Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo) (represented by: T. Bontinck, P. De Wolf, A. Guillerme and T. Payan, lawyers) Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M.-C. Cadilhac, acting as Agent) Re: By his action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment, first, of Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/2033 of 10 December 2020 amending Decision 2010/788/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic Republic of the Congo (OJ 2020 L 419, p. 30) and, second, of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2021 of 10 December 2020 implementing Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against persons acting in violation of the arms embargo with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (OJ 2020 L 419, p. 5), in so far as those acts concern him. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Mr Éric Ruhorimbere to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 128, 12.4.2021.