Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber), 23 April 2013

Laurent Gbagbo (C‑478/11 P), Katinan Justin Koné (C‑479/11 P), Akissi Danièle Boni-Claverie (C‑480/11 P), Alcide Djédjé (C‑481/11 P) and Affi Pascal N’Guessan (C‑482/11 P) v Council of the European Union

Appeal — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures adopted against persons and entities — Sixth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Force majeure — Armed conflict

Joined Cases C‑478/11 P to C‑482/11 P



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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
31/05/2013 Gbagbo and Others v Council
External relations
- Common foreign and security policy
  • External relations
  • - Common foreign and security policy
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2013:258		 23/04/2013 Gbagbo and Others v Council
External relations
- Common foreign and security policy
  • External relations
  • - Common foreign and security policy
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2013:258		 23/04/2013 Gbagbo and Others v Council
External relations
- Common foreign and security policy
  • External relations
  • - Common foreign and security policy
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Order
ECLI:EU:C:2011:833		 14/12/2011 Gbagbo and Others v Council
External relations
- Common foreign and security policy
  • External relations
  • - Common foreign and security policy
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Application (OJ)
09/12/2011 Gbagbo and Others v Council
External relations
- Common foreign and security policy
  • External relations
  • - Common foreign and security policy
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2012:831		 19/12/2012 Gbagbo and Others v Council
External relations
- Common foreign and security policy
  • External relations
  • - Common foreign and security policy
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Appeal lodged against the order of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 13 July 2011 in Case T-348/11 Gbagbo v Council by which the General Court dismissed as manifestly inadmissible the appellant’s action seeking, firstly, the annulment of Council Decision 2011/221/CFSP of 6 April 2011 amending Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d’Ivoire and, secondly, of Council Regulation (EU) No 330/2011 of 6 April 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Côte d'Ivoire (OJ 2011 L 93, p. 10) in so far as they concern the appellant – Lack of individual notification of that decision – Force majeure

Systematic classification scheme

1.
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.05 Limitation periods
      3.02.05.01 Starting point
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6 External policy
  6.01 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    6.01.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      6.01.01.10 Judicial review
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.05 Compliance with time-limits
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.05 Compliance with time-limits


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 21/09/2011

Date of the Opinion

  • 19/12/2012

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

23/04/2013


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Applications: OJ C 6 from 07.01.2012, p.2

Judgment: OJ C 171 from 15.06.2013, p.7

Name of the parties

Gbagbo and Others v Council

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Simon, Denys: Délai de recours, Europe 2013 Juin Comm. nº 256 p.15-16 (FR)
  2. Mok, M.R.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2013 nº 419 (NL)
  3. Gaffuri, Veronica: Il diritto alla tutela giurisdizionale effettiva messo alla prova dal principio di certezza del diritto, Diritto pubblico comparato ed europeo 2013 p.845-849 (IT)



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
  • Appeals : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Ilešič

Advocate General

Cruz Villalón

Language(s) of the Case

  • French

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • Spanish