Reports of Cases

2007 I-00439

Subject-matter

Appeal against the order of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 15 February 2005 in Case T-229/02 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) v Council of the European Union, by which the Court of First Instance dismissed as inadmissible the action seeking annulment of Council Decision 2002/334/EC of 2 May 2002 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 (OJ 2002 L 116, p. 33) – Capacity and locus standi

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EU Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 6 -P2 : paragraph 77
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 230 -L4 : paragraphs 62, 63, 65, 70, 74, 75, 83, 87
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 230 -L5 : paragraph 97
• Treaty of Nice 2001 - Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice -A21 : paragraph 114
• Treaty of Nice 2001 - Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice -A58 : paragraph 66
• Treaty of Nice 2001 - Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice -A61L1L2 : paragraph 91
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A43P1 : paragraph 98
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A44 : paragraph 114
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A101P2L1 : paragraph 97
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A102P1 : paragraph 97
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A102P2 : paragraph 97
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A38 : paragraph 114
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A42P2 : paragraphs 61, 63
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A113P2 : paragraph 66
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A118 : paragraphs 61, 63
• Common Foreign and Security Policy 2001/930 : paragraph 5
• Common Foreign and Security Policy 2001/931 : paragraph 5
• Common Foreign and Security Policy 2001/931 -A01 : paragraph 6
• Common Foreign and Security Policy 2001/931 -A01P4 : paragraph 111
• Common Foreign and Security Policy 2001/931 -A01P5 : paragraph 111
• Common Foreign and Security Policy 2001/931 -A01P6 : paragraphs 103, 111
• Common Foreign and Security Policy 2001/931 -A02 : paragraph 7
• Regulation 2580/2001 : paragraphs 8, 81, 110, 112
• Regulation 2580/2001 -A02 : paragraph 9
• Regulation 2580/2001 -A02P3 : paragraphs 11, 103, 111
• Decision 2002/334 : paragraphs 1, 11, 69, 71, 73, 87, 97, 100, 103, 104
• Decision 2002/460 : paragraphs 1, 13, 69, 71, 73, 87, 102 - 104, 112, 123
• Decision 2004/306 : paragraph 48
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -19/62 : paragraph 70
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -25/62 : paragraph 72
• Court of Justice - Order C -117/86 : paragraph 70
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -50/00 : paragraphs 72, 109
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -112/00 : paragraph 76
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -82/01 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -199/01 : paragraph 61
• General Court - Order T -229/02 : paragraphs 1, 10, 18, 19, 51 - 54, 74, 103, 114
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -540/03 : paragraph 76
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -551/03 : paragraph 37
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -25/05 : paragraphs 32, 64
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -229/05 : paragraph 37

Operative part

• Annuls : General Court - Order T -229/02

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 230 -L4 : point 105
  
• Treaty of Nice 2001 - Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice -A61P1 : point 74
  
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A44P5 : points 16, 69
  
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A43P6 : point 86
  
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A44P6 : points 15, 69
  
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A111 : point 30
  
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A113 : point 30
  
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A114 : points 32, 33
  
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A114P1 : point 25
  
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A114P1L1 : points 23, 29, 30
  
• Common Foreign and Security Policy 2001/931 -A01P6 : points 4, 54, 91
  
• Regulation 2580/2001 -A02P3 : points 54, 91
  
• Decision 2002/334 : points 5, 76, 80, 87, 88
  
• Decision 2002/460 : points 5, 77, 88 - 92, 104
  
• Decision 2004/306 : point 52
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -42/59 : point 89
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -25/62 : point 106
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -166/86 : point 89
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -12/90 : point 89
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -480/93 : point 89
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -8/95 : point 42
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -180/96 : point 89
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -17/98 : point 67
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -164/98 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -237/98 : point 38
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -452/98 : point 106
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -197/99 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -23/00 : point 31
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -23/00 : point 31
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -50/00 : points 106, 109
  
• General Court - Judgment T -180/00 : points 17, 18, 69
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -204/00 : point 38
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -2/01 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -172/01 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -277/01 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -488/01 : point 24
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -491/01 : point 110
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -65/02 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -136/02 : point 43
  
• General Court - Order T -229/02 : points 3, 6 - 9, 52, 56, 59, 70, 73, 87, 90, 94, 107
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -234/02 : point 24
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -123/03 : point 89
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -138/03 : point 89
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -210/03 : point 110
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -442/03 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -453/03 : point 110
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -535/03 : point 110
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -154/04 : point 110
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -344/04 : point 110
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 09/05/2005

Date of the Opinion

• 27/09/2006

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

18/01/2007

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 243 from 01.10.2005, p.2

Judgment: OJ C 56 from 10.03.2007, p.5

Name of the parties

PKK and KNK v Council

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Meisse, Eric: La recevabilité du recours et l'article 34 de la CEDH, Europe 2007 Mars Comm. nº 82 p.11-12 (FR)
2. Armone, G.: Il Foro italiano 2007 IV Col.189-193 (IT)
3. Marciali, Sébastien: Enfin un élargissement des conditions de recevabilité des recours en annulation des personnes physiques et morales. Quelques réactions à l'arrêt CJCE du 18 janvier 2007, PKK et KNK/Conseil de l'Union européenne, aff. C-229/05, Revue du marché commun et de l'Union européenne 2007 p.379-389 (FR)
4. Gozzi, Marie-Hélène: Lutte contre le financement du terrorisme et Union européenne, Recueil Le Dalloz 2007 p.2634-2635 (FR)
5. Pacini, Marco: Le restrizioni alla impugnabilità dei regolamenti comunitari da parte dei privati, Giornale di diritto amministrativo 2007 p.1301-1306 (IT)
6. Pisapia, Alice: In tema di snaturamento del mezzo di prova nel processo comunitario, Giustizia civile 2008 01 p.20-24 (IT)
7. Cuyvers, Armin: Common Market Law Review 2008 p.1487-1505 (EN)
8. Fleury Graff, Thibaut: Accords de libre-échange et territoires occupés - A propos de l'arrêt TPIUE, 10 décembre 2015, Front Polisario c. conseil, Revue générale de droit international public 2016 p.263-291 (FR)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

• External relations
  
• - Common foreign and security policy
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Actions for annulment
  
• Actions for annulment : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility
  
• Appeals : application granted
  
• Appeals : dismissal on substantive grounds
  

Formation of the Court

première chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Cunha Rodrigues

Advocate General

Kokott

Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• German