Case T-547/25: Action brought on 6 August 2025 – Hassan v Council
Date: 2025-08-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Syria, damages, economic sanctions, indemnification, international sanctions, natural person, presumption of innocence, principle of proportionality, right to property








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/5593


27.10.2025






Action brought on 6 August 2025 – Hassan v Council


(Case T-547/25)

(C/2025/5593)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Samir Hassan (Damascus, Syria) (represented by: L. Pettiti, lawyer)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






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annul, pursuant to Article 263 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union:










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Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2025/1096 of the Council of the European Union of 27 May 2025 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria, in so far as it maintains the applicant on the list included in Annex I to said Decision 2013/255/CFSP of the Council of 31 May 2013 concerning restrictive measures against Syria,










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Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1098 of the Council of the European Union of 27 May 2025 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria, in so far as it maintains the Applicant on the list included in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 of the Council of 18 January 2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria;










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rule that the effects of the acts annulled will be definitive;










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compensate the applicant, on the basis of Articles 268 and 340 TFEU, for the loss caused to him by adopting against him the restrictive measures referred to above, and, in that regard;










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acknowledge that the Council of the European Union is non-contractually liable for the material damage suffered and to be suffered in the future, and for the non-material damage;










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award the applicant the sum of EUR 500 000 in order to compensate him for the material damage suffered,










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award the applicant the symbolic sum of EUR 1 in respect of the non-material damage suffered and order the Council of the European Union to compensate him for any future material damage,










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in any event, order the Council of the European Union to pay all the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on four pleas in law.






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First plea in law, alleging a manifest error by the Council in its assessment of the facts and the resulting error in law.










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Second plea in law, alleging infringement of the right to property and a breach of the principle of proportionality.










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Third plea in law, alleging infringement of the presumption [of] the applicant’s innocence.










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Fourth plea in law, alleging damage caused by the unlawful measures taken by the Council.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5593/oj
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