Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 11 July 2007 - Stichting Al-Aqsa v Council
(Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism - Freezing of funds - Action for annulment - Statement of reasons)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Stichting Al-Aqsa (Heerlen - Netherlands) (represented by: V. Koppe and L. Janssen, lawyer)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bishop and S. Marquardt, Agents)
Re:
Annulment in part, first, of Council Decision 2003/480/EC of 27 June 2003 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism and repealing Decision 2002/974/EC (OJ 2003 L 160, p. 81), and, second, of Council Decision 2003/646/EC of 12 September 2003 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation No 2580/2001 and repealing Decision 2003/1480 (OJ 2003 L 229, p. 22).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Annuls Council Decision 2006/379/EC of 29 May 2006 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism and repealing Decision 2005/930 in so far as it concerns Stichting Al-Aqsa;
2. Declares that there is no need to rule on the claim for a declaration, pursuant to Article 241 EC, that Council Regulation No 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001 is unlawful;
3. Orders the Council to bear, in addition to its own costs, the costs of Stichting Al-Aqsa:
4. Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to pay its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 289, 29.11.2003.