CELEX: 62019TA0540
Language: en
Date: 2021-04-28 00:00:00
Title: Case T-540/19: Judgment of the General Court of 28 April 2021 — Sharif v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Syria — Freezing of funds — Error of assessment — Proportionality — Right to property — Right to exercise an economic activity)

21.6.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 242/27
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 28 April 2021 — Sharif v Council
      (Case T-540/19) (1)
      
      (Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures taken against Syria - Freezing of funds - Error of assessment - Proportionality - Right to property - Right to exercise an economic activity)
      (2021/C 242/35)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Ammar Sharif (Damascus, Syria) (represented by: J.-P. Buyle, L. Cloquet and J. Kobeissi, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: S. Lejeune and V. Piessevaux, acting as Agents)
      
         Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouquet, J. Norris and J. Roberti di Sarsina, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application based on Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment 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), of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/798 of 17 May 2019 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (OJ 2019 L 132, p. 1), of Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/719 of 28 May 2020 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2020 L 168, p. 66), and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/716 of 28 May 2020 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (OJ 2020 L 168, p. 1), in so far as those measures relate to the applicant.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Mr Ammar Sharif to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 337, 7.10.2019.