CELEX: 62013TA0693
Language: en
Date: 2016-05-10 00:00:00
Title: Case T-693/13: Judgment of the General Court of 10 May 2016 — Mikhalchanka v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Belarus — Freezing of funds and economic resources — Restrictions on entry into, and transit through, the territory of the European Union — Retention of the applicant’s name on the list of persons concerned — Journalist — Rights of defence — Obligation to state reasons — Error of assessment)

20.6.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 222/12
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 10 May 2016 — Mikhalchanka v Council
   (Case T-693/13) (1)
   
   ((Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures taken against Belarus - Freezing of funds and economic resources - Restrictions on entry into, and transit through, the territory of the European Union - Retention of the applicant’s name on the list of persons concerned - Journalist - Rights of defence - Obligation to state reasons - Error of assessment))
   (2016/C 222/13)
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Aliaksei Mikhalchanka (Minsk, Belarus) (represented by: M. Michalauskas, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: J.-P. Hix and F. Naert, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Council Decision 2013/534/CFSP of 29 October 2013 amending Decision 2012/642/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Belarus (OJ 2013 L 288, p. 69) and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1054/2013 of 29 October 2013 implementing Article 8a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus (OJ 2013 L 288, p. 1)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court hereby:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the application of the Council of the European Union for a ruling that there is no need to adjudicate;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Annuls, in so far as they concern Mr Aliaksei Mikhalchanka:
               
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                           Council Decision 2013/534/CFSP of 29 October 2013 amending Decision 2012/642/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Belarus;
                        
                     
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                           Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1054/2013 of 29 October 2013 implementing Article 8a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus;
                        
                     
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Council to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Mr Mikhalchanka.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 93, 29.3.2014.