Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2013 – Makhlouf v Council
(Case T-383/11) 1
(Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures against Syria – Freezing of funds and economic resources – Restrictions on entry into, or transit through, the territory of the European Union – Rights of defence – Obligation to state reasons – Manifest error of assessment – Fundamental rights)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Eyad Makhlouf (Damascus, Syria) (represented: initially by P. Grollet and G. Karouni, and subsequently by G. Karouni and C. Rygaert, lawyers)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: G. Étienne and R. Liudvinaviciute-Cordeiro, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre and S. Pardo Quintillán, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of Council Implementing Decision 2011/302/CFSP of 23 May 2011 implementing Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2011 L 136, p. 91), of Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP of 1 December 2011 concerning restrictive measures against Syria and repealing Decision 2011/273/CFSP (OJ 2011 L 319, p. 56), and of 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), in so far as those acts concern the applicant.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Mr Eyad Makhlouf to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union;
Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.
____________1 OJ C 282, 24.9.2011.