CELEX: 62014TA0719
Language: en
Date: 2016-09-09 00:00:00
Title: Case T-719/14: Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2016 — Tri Ocean Energy v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Syria — Freezing of funds — Error of assessment)

24.10.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 392/29
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2016 — Tri Ocean Energy v Council
   (Case T-719/14) (1)
   
   ((Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures taken against Syria - Freezing of funds - Error of assessment))
   (2016/C 392/35)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Tri Ocean Energy (Cairo, Egypt) (represented by: B. Kennelly, Barrister, P. Saini QC, and N. Sheikh, Solicitor)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: B. Driessen and A. Vitro, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Action under Article 263 TFEU for the annulment of Council Implementing Decision 2014/678/CFSP of 26 September 2014 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2014 L 283, p. 59) and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1013/2014 of 26 September 2014 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (OJ 2014 L 283, p. 9), in so far as those measures concern the applicant.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls Council Implementing Decision 2014/678/CFSP of 26 September 2014 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria, and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1013/2014 of 26 September 2014 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria in so far as they apply to Tri Ocean Energy;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Tri Ocean Energy.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 448, 15.12.2014