CELEX: 62017TA0477
Language: en
Date: 2019-01-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-477/17: Judgment of the General Court of 16 January 2019 — Haswani v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures adopted against Syria — Freezing of funds — Obligation to state reasons — Proportionality — Error of assessment)

11.3.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 93/51
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 16 January 2019 — Haswani v Council
      (Case T-477/17) (1)
      
      ((Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures adopted against Syria - Freezing of funds - Obligation to state reasons - Proportionality - Error of assessment))
      (2019/C 93/64)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: George Haswani (Yabroud, Syria) (represented by: G. Karouni, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: S. Kyriakopoulou and A. Sikora-Kalėda, acting as Agents)
      
         Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Baumgart, A. Bouquet and A. Tizzano, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      First, application under Article 263 TFEU for the annulment 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), 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), Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/917 of 29 May 2017 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2017 L 139, p. 62), Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/907 of 29 May 2017 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (OJ 2017 L 139, p. 15), Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2017/1245 of 10 July 2017 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2017 L 178, p. 13), Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1241 of 10 July 2017 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (OJ 2017 L 178, p. 1), Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/778 of 28 May 2018 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2018 L 131, p. 16), and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/774 of 28 May 2018 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (OJ 2018 L 131, p. 1), in so far as those measures concern the applicant, and, secondly, an application under Article 268 TFEU seeking compensation for the damage allegedly suffered by the applicant as a result of Decision 2017/917 and Implementing Regulation 2017/907.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Mr George Haswani to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 347, 16.10.2017.