Order of the Court of First Instance of 15 February 2005 in Case T-206/02 Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) v Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism — Locus standi — Association — Admissibility)
Date: 2005-06-11
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: common foreign and security policy, international sanctions, restriction of liberty, terrorism

C 143/34

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.6.2005

ORDER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

ORDER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 15 February 2005

of 15 February 2005

in Case T-206/02 Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) v
Council of the European Union (1)

in Case T-229/02 Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and
Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) v Council of the Euro-
pean Union (1)

restrictive measures
(Action for annulment — Specific
directed against certain persons and entities with a view to
combating terrorism — Locus standi — Association —
Admissibility)

restrictive measures
(Action for annulment — Specific
directed against certain persons and entities with a view to
combating terrorism — Capacity to bring proceedings —
Locus standi — Association — Admissibility)

(2005/C 143/64)

(Language of the case: French)

(2005/C 143/65)

(Language of the case: English)

In Case T-206/02: Kurdistan National Congress (KNK), estab-
lished in Brussels (Belgium), represented by J. Boisseau, lawyer,
against Council of the European Union (Agents: M. Vitsentzatos
and S. Marquardt) supported by Commission of the European
Communities, (Agents: initially G. zur Hausen and G. Boudot,
and subsequently J. Enegren and G. Boudot, with an address for
service in Luxembourg) and by United Kingdom of Great
initially J. Collins, and
Britain and Northern Ireland (Agents:
subsequently R. Caudwell, with an address for service in
Luxembourg) — application for annulment of Council Decision
2002/334/CE of 2 May 2002,
implementing Article 2(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures
directed against certain persons and entities with a view to
combating terrorism and repealing Decision 2001/927/EC (OJ
2002 L 116, p. 33) — the Court of First Instance (Second
Chamber), composed of J. Pirrung, President, N.J. Forwood and
S. Papasavvas, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, made an order on 15
February 2005, the operative part of which is as follows:

solicitor, against Council of

In Case T-229/02: Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Kurdi-
stan National Congress (KNK), established in Brussels, repre-
sented by M. Muller and E. Grieves, barristers, instructed by J.G.
Peirce,
the European Union
(Agents: M. Vitsentzatos and M. Bishop) supported by United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Agents: initi-
ally J. Collins and subsequently R. Caudwell, with an address
for service in Luxembourg) and by Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities (Agents: C. Brown and P. Kuijper, with an
address for service in Luxembourg) — application for annul-
ment of Council Decision 2002/334/EC of 2 May 2002 imple-
menting Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on
specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons
and entities with a view to combating terrorism and repealing
Decision 2001/927/EC (OJ 2002 L 116, p. 33), and of Council
Decision 2002/460/EC of 17 June 2002 implementing Article
2(3) of Regulation No 2580/2001 and repealing Decision
2002/334 (OJ 2002 L 160, p. 26), the Court of First Instance
(Second Chamber), composed of J. Pirrung, President of the
Jung,
Chamber, N.J. Forwood and S. Papasavvas,
Registrar, made an order on 15 February 2005, the operative
part of which is as follows:

Judges; H.

1. The application is dismissed.

1. The action is dismissed.

2. The applicant shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by

the Council.

2. The applicants are to bear their own costs and pay those of the

Council.

3. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and

the Commission shall bear their own costs.

3. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and

the Commission are to bear their own costs.

(1) OJ C 247 of 12.10.2002.

(1) OJ C 233 of 28.9.2002.