Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 3 April 2004 - KONGRA-GEL and Others v Council
(Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism - Freezing of funds - Action for annulment - Statement of reasons)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicants: KONGRA-GEL and the nine other applicants whose names are shown in the annex to the judgment (represented by M. Muller QC, E. Grieves and C. Vine, Barristers, and J.G. Pierce, Solicitor)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by E. Finnegan and D. Canga Fano, Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented initially by R. Caudwell, and subsequently by E. Jenkinson, Agents, and S. Lee, Barrister)
Re:
First, the partial annulment of Council Decision 2004/306/EC of 2 April 2004 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 and repealing Decision 2003/902/EC (OJ 2004 L 99, p. 28), and of Regulation No 2580/2001 (OJ 2001 L 344, p. 70), and, secondly, damages.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls Council Decision 2004/306/EC of 2 April 2004 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 and repealing Decision 2003/902/EC in so far as it concerns KONGRA-GEL;
Orders the Council to bear, in addition to its own costs, all the costs incurred by the applicants;
Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to pay its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 262, 23.10.2004.