62015TO0231_INF
Order of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 September 2019 –Haswani v Council
(Case T‑231/15 RENV)
(Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Syria — Freezing of funds — Article 86 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court — Modification of the application — Admissibility — Need to modify pleas in law and arguments — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly devoid of any foundation in law)
1.
Judicial proceedings — Judgment of the Court of Justice binding the General Court — Conditions — Reference back following an appeal — Points of law finally determined by the Court of Justice in the context of the appeal — Res judicata — Scope
(Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 53, first para. and 61; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 215)
(see paras 32-34)
2.
Judicial proceedings — Decision or regulation replacing the contested measure in the course of proceedings — Application to modify the application — Obligation for the applicant to accompany that application with modified pleas in law and arguments — None, except where there are substantial differences between the two measures — General Court’s obligation of verification
(Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 86)
(see paras 38-41)
3.
Judicial proceedings — Decision or regulation replacing the contested measure in the course of proceedings — Application to modify the application — Specific restrictive measures against certain persons and bodies in view of the situation in Syria — New listing criteria — Presumption of support for the Syrian regime in the case of leading businesspersons operating in Syria — New grounds for listing supported by new evidence — Substantial differences between the two measures — Obligation for the applicant to accompany the request to modify the application with modified pleas in law and arguments — Infringement — Inadmissibility
(Art. 263, sixth para. TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 86(1), (2), (3) and (6); Council Decisions 2011/273/CFSP, 2011/782/CFSP and 2013/255/CFSP, as amended by Decisions (CFSP) 2015/837, 2015/1836, 2016/850, Art. 28(2)(a) and (CFSP) 2015/383;Council Regulations No 442/2011, No 36/2012, as amended by Council Regulations 2015/1828, Art. 15(1)a(a), 2015/375, 2015/828 and 2016/840)
(see paras 42, 47, 48, 51-53, 55-57, 60-64)
4.
Acts of the institutions — Statement of reasons — Obligation — Scope — Restrictive measures against Syria — Freezing of funds of persons, entities or bodies having regard to the situation in Syria — Decision falling within a context known to the person concerned, enabling him to understand the scope of the measure taken against him
(Art. 296 TFEU; Council Decisions 2013/255/CFSP, Art. 28(2) and (CFSP) 2016/850; Council Regulation 2016/840)
(see paras 65, 66)
Re:
First, application based on Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/383 of 6 March 2015 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2015 L 64, p. 41), of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/375 of 6 March 2015 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (OJ 2015 L 64, p. 10), of Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/837 of 28 May 2015 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2015 L 132, p. 82), of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/828 of 28 May 2015 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (OJ 2015 L 132, p. 3), of Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/850 of 27 May 2016 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2016 L 141, p. 125), and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/840 of 27 May 2016 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (OJ 2016 L 141, p. 30), in so far as those acts concern the applicant, and, second, application based on Article 268 TFEU seeking compensation for the damage which the applicant alleges that he suffered as a result of those acts.
Operative part
1.
The action is dismissed.
2.
Mr George Haswani shall bear his own costs and shall pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union in Cases C‑313/17 P and T‑231/15 RENV.
3.
The European Commission shall bear its own costs in Cases C‑313/17 P and T‑231/15 RENV.