Order — ECLI:EU:T:2019:590
Date: 2019-09-11
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: External relations;Common foreign and security policy
Procedure: Action for damages - inadmissible

Order of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 September 2019 – Makhlouf v Council (Case T‑59/19) (Action for compensation — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Syria — Freezing of funds — Lack of competence) Common foreign and security policy — Jurisdiction of the EU judicature — Action for damages seeking compensation for the loss allegedly suffered as a result of the applicant’s erroneous inclusion on a list of persons subject to restrictive measures — Not included (Arts 24(1), 2d para. and 40 TEU; Art. 275 TFEU; Council Decisions (CFSP) 2018/778 and (CFSP) 2019/806) (see paras 22, 23, 25, 26, 30, 31) Re: Application under Article 268 TFEU seeking compensation in respect of the harm allegedly suffered by the applicant as a result of the adoption of Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/778 of 28 May 2018 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2018 L 131, p. 16) and its subsequent implementing acts, and as a result of Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/806 of 17 May 2019 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2019 L 132, p. 36), in so far as those decisions concern the applicant. Operative part 1. The action is dismissed. 2. Mr Ehab Makhlouf shall bear his own costs and pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union.