CELEX: 62016TA0414
Language: en
Date: 2019-02-28 00:00:00
Title: Case T-414/16: Judgment of the General Court of 28 February 2019 — Drex Technologies v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures adopted against Syria — Freezing of funds — Rights of the defence — Right to effective judicial protection — Duty to state reasons — Error of assessment — Right to respect for one’s good name and reputation — Right to property — Presumption of innocence — Proportionality)

15.4.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 139/43
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 28 February 2019 — Drex Technologies v Council
      (Case T-414/16) (1)
      
      (Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures adopted against Syria - Freezing of funds - Rights of the defence - Right to effective judicial protection - Duty to state reasons - Error of assessment - Right to respect for one’s good name and reputation - Right to property - Presumption of innocence - Proportionality)
      (2019/C 139/41)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Drex Technologies SA (Tortola, British Virgin Islands) (represented by: E. Ruchat, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented initially by S. Kyriakopoulou, G. Étienne and A. Vitro, and subsequently by S. Kyriakopoulou, A. Vitro and V. Piessevaux, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application brought pursuant to Article 263 TFEU and seeking 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 its subsequent implementing acts, 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 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 they concern the applicant.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  
                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Drex Technologies SA to bear its own costs and to pay those of the Council of the European Union
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 364, 3.10.2016.