Judgment of the General Court of 28 May 2013 – Chiboub v Council
(Case T-188/11) 1
(Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Tunisia – Freezing of funds – No legal basis)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Mohamed Slim Ben Mohamed Hassen Ben Salah Chiboub (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) (represented by: initially, G. Perrot and F. Gaudillière, and subsequently by M.-M. Le Roux, lawyers)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: initially, A. Vitro, G. Étienne and S. Cook, and subsequently by A. Vitro and G. Étienne, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bordes and M. Konstantinidis, acting as Agents); and Republic of Tunisia (represented by: W. Bourdon, lawyer)
Re:
Application for annulment, first, of Council Decision 2011/72/CFSP of 31 January 2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Tunisia (OJ 2011 L 28, p. 62); secondly, of Council Implementing Decision 2011/79/CFSP of 4 February 2011 implementing Decision 2011/72 (OJ 2011 L 31, p. 40); and, thirdly, of Council Regulation (EU) No 101/2011 of 4 February 2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Tunisia (OJ 2011 L 31, p. 1), in so far as those measures apply to the applicant.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls the Annex to Council Decision 2011/72/CFSP of 31 January 2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Tunisia, as amended by Council Implementing Decision 2011/79/CFSP of 4 February 2011 implementing Decision 2011/72, in so far as it applies to Mr Mohamed Slim Ben Mohamed Hassen Ben Salah Chiboub;
Annuls Council Regulation (EU) No 101/2011 of 4 February 2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Tunisia in so far as it applies to Mr Chiboub;
Declares that the effects of the Annex to Decision 2011/72, as amended by Implementing Decision 2011/79, with respect to Mr Chiboub shall be maintained until the annulment of Regulation No 101/2011 takes effect in so far as it applies to Mr Chiboub;
Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Mr Chiboub;
Orders the European Commission and the Republic of Tunisia to bear their own costs.
____________1 OJ C 145, 14.5.2011.