CELEX: 62016TA0410
Language: en
Date: 2017-05-18 00:00:00
Title: Case T-410/16: Judgment of the General Court of 18 May 2017 — Makhlouf v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Syria — Freezing of funds — Rights of the defence — Right to effective judicial protection — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment — Right to protection of reputation — Right to property — Presumption of innocence — Restrictions on entry into and transit through the territory of the European Union — Proportionality)

10.7.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 221/23
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 18 May 2017 — Makhlouf v Council
   (Case T-410/16) (1)
   
   ((Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures taken against Syria - Freezing of funds - Rights of the defence - Right to effective judicial protection - Obligation to state reasons - Manifest error of assessment - Right to protection of reputation - Right to property - Presumption of innocence - Restrictions on entry into and transit through the territory of the European Union - Proportionality))
   (2017/C 221/32)
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Rami Makhlouf (Damascus, Syria) (represented by: E. Ruchat, lawyer)
   
      Defendants: Council of the European Union (represented by: initially, S. Kyriakopoulou, G. Étienne and A. Vitro, then by S. Kyriakopoulou and A. Vitro, and subsequently by S. Kyriakopoulou and J. Bauerschmidt, acting as Agents)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre, L. Havas and R. Tricot, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   APPLICATION pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking the 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 of the subsequent measures giving effect to that decision, in so far as those measures concern the applicant.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Mr Rami Makhlouf to bear his own costs and to pay those of the Council of the European Union;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 371, 10.10.2016.