Action brought on 15 September 2011 - Bena Properties v Council
(Case T-490/11)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Bena Properties Co. SA (Damascus, Syria) (represented by: E. Ruchat, lawyer)
Defendant: Council of the European Union
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
annul (i) Council Decision 2011/273/CFSP of 9 May 2011 concerning restrictive measures against Syria, in so far as those measures concern the applicant, and (ii) the subsequent Implementing Decisions 2011/302/CFSP of 23 May 2011 and 2011/367/CFSP of 23 June 2011 in so far as they include its name in the list of persons and entities referred to in Articles 3 and 4 of Decision 2011/273/CFSP;
annul Council Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 of 9 May 2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria and the subsequent measures implementing it (Implementing Regulation (EU) No 504/2011 of 23 May 2011 and corrigendum to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 504/2011 published on 24 June 2011), in so far as those measures concern the applicant;
order the Council of the European Union to pay the costs of the proceedings.
Pleas in law and main arguments
In support of the action, the applicant relies on three pleas in law, which are in essence identical or similar to those relied on in Case T-433/11,
Makhlouf v
Council.
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