CELEX: 62014TA0709
Language: en
Date: 2016-09-09 00:00:00
Title: Case T-709/14: Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2016 — Tri-Ocean Trading 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 392/28
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2016 — Tri-Ocean Trading v Council
   (Case T-709/14) (1)
   
   ((Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures taken against Syria - Freezing of funds - Error of assessment))
   (2016/C 392/34)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Tri-Ocean Trading (George Town, Cayman Islands) (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 2014/488/CFSP of 22 July 2014 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2014 L 217, p. 49) and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 793/2014 of 22 July 2014 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (OJ 2014 L 217, p. 10), insofar as those measures concern the applicant.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls Council Implementing Decision 2014/488/CFSP of 22 July 2014 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria, and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 793/2014 of 22 July 2014 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria, in so far as they concern Tri-Ocean Trading;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Tri-Ocean Trading.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 448, 15.12.2014.