Notice for the OJ

 

ORDER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 15 February 2005

in Case T-229/02 Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) andKurdistan National Congress (KNK) v Council of the European Union ¹

(Action for annulment - Specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism - Capacity to bring proceedings - Locus standi - Association - Admissibility)

(Language of the case: English)

In Case T-229/02: Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Kurdistan National Congress (KNK), established in Brussels, represented by M. Muller and E. Grieves, barristers, instructed by J.G. Peirce, solicitor, against Council of the European Union (Agents: M. Vitsentzatos and M. Bishop) supported by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Agents: initially J. Collins and subsequently R. Caudwell, with an address for service in Luxembourg) and by Commission of the European Communities (Agents: C. Brown and P. Kuijper, with an address for service in Luxembourg) - application for annulment of Council Decision 2002/334/EC of 2 May 2002 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 2001/927/EC (OJ 2002 L 116, p. 33), and of Council Decision 2002/460/EC of 17 June 2002 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation No 2580/2001 and repealing Decision 2002/334 (OJ 2002 L 160, p. 26), the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber), composed of J. Pirrung, President of the Chamber, N.J. Forwood and S. Papasavvas, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, made an order on 15 February 2005, the operative part of which is as follows:

The action is dismissed.

The applicants are to bear their own costs and pay those of the Council.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Commission are to bear their own costs.

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¹ - OJ C 233 of 28.9.2002.