62019CJ0386_INF
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 10 September 2020 – Hamas v Council
(Case C‑386/19 P) (
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(Appeal – Common foreign and security policy – Fight against terrorism – Restrictive measures taken against certain persons and entities – Freezing of funds – Common Position 2001/931/CFSP – Article 1(4) and (6) – Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 – Article 2(3) – Retention of an organisation on the list of persons, groups and entities involved in terrorist acts – Conditions – Competent authority equivalent to a judicial authority – Sentencing decision – Ongoing risk of involvement in terrorist activities – Obligation to state reasons – Rights of the defence – Right to effective judicial protection)
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Common foreign and security policy – Specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism – Decision to freeze funds – Retention on the basis of a national decision to freeze funds – Conditions – Evidence of continuing risk of involvement in terrorist activities – Reference to the national decision which justified the initial registration – Decision reconsidered, leading to the conclusion that the retention is justified on the basis of recent incidents – Whether permissible
(Council Common Position 2001/931, Art. 1(6))
(see paras 38, 39)
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Common foreign and security policy – Specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism – Decision to freeze funds – Adoption or maintenance on the basis of a national decision to investigate, prosecute or convict – Competent authority to adopt that national decision – Concept – Non judicial authority – Included
(Council Common Position 2001/931, Art. 1(4))
(see paras 60, 61, 65)
Operative part
The Court:
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The appeal is dismissed;
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Hamas shall bear its own costs and pay the costs incurred by the Council of the European Union and the European Commission.
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