Order of the General Court of 1 September 2011 - Maftah v Commission
(Action for annulment - Period allowed for commencing proceedings - Out of time - No force majeure - No excusable error - Inadmissibility)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Elmabruk Maftah (South Harrow, Middlesex, United Kingdom) (represented by: E. Grieves, Barrister, and A. McMurdie, Solicitor)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: E. Paasivirta and M. Konstantinidis, Agents)
Intervening party on behalf of the defendant: Council of the European Union, represented by R. Szostak, G. Étienne, M.-M. Josephides and E. Finnegan, Agents
Re:
APPLICATION for annulment of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1330/2008 of 22 December 2008 amending for the 103rd time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda network and the Taliban (OJ 2008 L 345, p. 60), in so far as it concerns the applicant.
Operative part of the order
The action is dismissed as being inadmissible;
Mr Elmabruk Maftah shall bear his own costs and pay the costs of the European Commission;
The Council of the European Union shall bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 13, 15.1.2011.