CELEX: 62012TA0174
Language: en
Date: 2014-02-04 00:00:00
Title: Joined Cases T-174/12 and T-80/13: Judgment of the General Court of 4 February 2014 — Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Syria — Freezing of funds — Adaptation of the claim — Time-limit — Manifest error of assessment — Obligation to state reasons — Right to effective judicial protection — Rights of defence)

15.3.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 78/9
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 4 February 2014 — Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank v Council
   (Joined Cases T-174/12 and T-80/13) (1)
   
   (Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures taken against Syria - Freezing of funds - Adaptation of the claim - Time-limit - Manifest error of assessment - Obligation to state reasons - Right to effective judicial protection - Rights of defence)
   2014/C 78/17
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank SAL (Beirut, Lebanon) (represented by: P. Vanderveeren, L. Defalque and T. Bontinck, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: G. Étienne and S. Cook, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulation in part, firstly, of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 55/2012 of 23 January 2012 implementing Article [32](1) of Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (OJ 2012 L 19, p. 6); secondly, of Council Implementing Decision 2012/37/CFSP of 23 January 2012 implementing Decision 2011/782/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2012 L 19, p. 33); thirdly, Council Decision 2012/739/CFSP of 29 November 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Syria and repealing Decision 2011/782/CFSP (OJ 2012 L 330, p. 21); fourthly, Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1117/2012 of 29 November 2012 implementing Article 32(1) of Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 (OJ 2012 L 330, p. 9); fifthly, the ‘decision letters’ of the Council of 24 January 2012 and 30 November 2012 notifying the applicant of the restrictive measures affecting it; sixthly, Council Decision 2013/109/CFSP of 28 February 2013 amending Decision 2012/739/CFSP (OJ 2013 L 58, p. 8); seventhly, Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 363/2013 of 22 April 2013 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 (OJ 2013 L 111, p. 1); eighthly, Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP of 31 May 2013 concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2013 L 147, p. 14), in so far as those acts affect the applicant’s situation.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the actions;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank SAL to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 184, 23.6.2012.