CELEX: 62018TN0249
Language: en
Date: 2018-04-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-249/18: Action brought on 16 April 2018 — Saab Halabi v Council

201805250521897062018/C 200/642492018TC20020180611EN01ENINFO_JUDICIAL20180416505011Case T-249/18: Action brought on 16 April 2018 — Saab Halabi v Council
 ---documentbreak--- C2002018EN5010120180416EN0064501501Action brought on 16 April 2018 — Saab Halabi v Council
   (Case T-249/18)2018/C 200/64Language of the case: English
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Tarek William Saab Halabi (Venezuela) (represented by: L. Giuliano and F. Di Gianni, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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            annul Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/90 of 22 January 2018 amending Decision (CFSP) 2017/2074 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Venezuela and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/88 of 22 January 2018 implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2063 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Venezuela, in so far as their provisions concern the applicant; and
         
      
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            order the Council to bear the costs of the proceedings.
         
      
      Pleas in law and main arguments
   
   In support of the action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law.
   
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            First plea in law, alleging that the Council infringed the principle of sound administration and breached his rights of defense and to effective judicial protection by failing to provide access to the evidence allegedly supporting his listing within a reasonable period of time.
         
      
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            Second plea in law, alleging that the Council did not prove the existence of the conditions for his listing and committed a manifest error of assessment since it failed to demonstrate that, in his role as attorney general and previous roles as ombudsman and president of the Republican Moral Council, the applicant has undermined democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela.