CELEX: 62011TA0563
Language: en
Date: 2013-09-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-563/11: Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2013 — Anbouba v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Syria — Freezing of funds and economic resources — Burden of proof — Manifest error of assessment — Rights of defence — Obligation to state reasons — Procedure by default — Application to intervene — No need to adjudicate)

26.10.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 313/24
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2013 — Anbouba v Council
   (Case T-563/11) (1)
   
   (Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures against Syria - Freezing of funds and economic resources - Burden of proof - Manifest error of assessment - Rights of defence - Obligation to state reasons - Procedure by default - Application to intervene - No need to adjudicate)
   2013/C 313/48
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Issam Anbouba (Homs, Syria) (represented by: M.-A. Bastin, J.-M. Salva and J.-N. Louis, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented: initially by R. Liudvinaviciute-Cordeiro and M.-M. Joséphidès, then R. Liudvinaviciute-Cordeiro and A. Vitro, Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   First, application for annulment of Council Decision 2011/522/CFSP of 2 September 2011 amending Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2011 L 228, p. 16), of Council Decision 2011/628/CFSP of 23 September 2011 amending Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2011 L 247, p. 17), of Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP of 1 December 2011 concerning restrictive measures against Syria and repealing Decision 2011/273/CFSP (OJ 2011 L 319, p. 56), of Council Regulation (EU) No 878/2011 of 2 September 2011 amending Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (OJ 2011 L 228, p. 1), and of Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 of 18 January 2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria and repealing Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 (OJ 2012 L 16, p. 1), in so far as the applicant is named in the list of persons subject to the restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria, and, second, application for payment of compensation for damage suffered.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that there is no need to adjudicate on the Commission’s application for leave to intervene;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the application;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Mr Issam Anbouba to bear his own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 25, 28.1.2012.