CELEX: 62012TA0293
Language: en
Date: 2014-06-11 00:00:00
Title: Case T-293/12: Judgment of the General Court of 11 June 2014  — Syria International Islamic Bank v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Syria — Freezing of funds — Manifest error of assessment — Burden of proof — Claim for damages)

28.7.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 245/9
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 11 June 2014 — Syria International Islamic Bank v Council
   (Case T-293/12) (1)
   
   ((Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures against Syria - Freezing of funds - Manifest error of assessment - Burden of proof - Claim for damages))
   2014/C 245/12
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Syria International Islamic Bank PJSC (Damascus, Syria) (represented by: G. Laguesse and J.-P. Buyle, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: B. Driessen and D. Gicheva, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Firstly, application for annulment of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 544/2012 of 25 June 2012 implementing Article 32(1) of Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (OJ 2012 L 165, p. 20, corrigendum OJ 2012 L 173, p. 27) and of Council Implementing Decision 2012/335/CFSP of 25 June 2012 implementing Decision 2011/782/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2012 L 165, p. 80), in so far as they concern the applicant and, secondly, a claim for damages.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 544/2012 of 25 June 2012 implementing Article 32(1) of Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria in so far as it relates to Syria International Islamic Bank PJSC;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Annuls Council Implementing Decision 2012/335/CFSP of 25 June 2012 implementing Decision 2011/782/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria in so far as it relates to Syria International Islamic Bank;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Dismisses the claim for damages as inadmissible;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders Syria International Islamic Bank to bear one quarter of its own costs;
            
         
               5.
            
            
               Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay three quarters of those incurred by Syria International Islamic Bank.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 258, 25.8.2012.