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Order of the President of the General Court of 12 December 2011 - Akhras v Council

(Case T-579/11 R) 

(Interim measures - Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures against Syria - Freezing of funds and economic resources - Application for suspension of operation and provisional measures - Lack of urgency - Lack of serious and irreparable harm)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Tarif Akhras (Homs, Syria) (represented by: S. Ashley and S. Millar, Solicitors, D. Wyatt QC and R. Blakeley, Barrister)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bishop and M.-M. Joséphidès, acting as Agents)

Re:

In essence, application for provisional measures and suspension of operation of Council Decision 2011/522/CFSP of 2 September 2011 amending Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2011 L 228, p. 16), Council Regulation (EU) No 878/2011 of 2 September 2011 amending Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (OJ 2011 L 228, p. 1), Council Decision 2011/628/CFSP of 23 September 2011 amending Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2011 L 247, p. 17), and Council Regulation (EU) No 1011/2011 of 13 October 2011 amending Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 (OJ 2011 L 269, p. 18), in so far as those texts refer to the applicant

Operative part of the order

1.    The application for interim measures is rejected.

2.    Costs are reserved.

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