CELEX: 62016TA0409
Language: en
Date: 2018-12-12 00:00:00
Title: Case T-409/16: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2018 — Makhlouf v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Syria — Freezing of funds — Rights of the defence — Right to effective judicial protection — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment — Right to reputation — Right to property — Presumption of innocence — Restriction on entry into and transit through the territory of the European Union — Proportionality)

25.2.2019   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 72/16
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2018 — Makhlouf v Council
      (Case T-409/16) (1)
      
      ((Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures taken against Syria - Freezing of funds - Rights of the defence - Right to effective judicial protection - Obligation to state reasons - Manifest error of assessment - Right to reputation - Right to property - Presumption of innocence - Restriction on entry into and transit through the territory of the European Union - Proportionality))
      (2019/C 72/20)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Ehab Makhlouf (Damascus, Syria) (represented by: E. Ruchat, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: initially, S. Kyriakopoulou, G. Étienne and A. Vitro, subsequently S. Kyriakopoulou and A. Vitro, and finally S. Kyriakopoulou, A. Vitro and V. Piessevaux, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking 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) and of the subsequent measures giving effect to that decision, of 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), and of 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), in so far as those acts concern the applicant.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Mr Ehab Makhlouf to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 371, 10.10.2016.