Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 31 January 2007 - Minin v Commission
(Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures in respect of Liberia - Freezing of funds of persons associated with Charles Taylor - Competence of the Community - Fundamental rights - Action for annulment)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: Leonid Minin (Tel-Aviv, Israel) (represented by: T. Ballarino and C. Bovio, lawyers)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: E. Montaguti, L. Visaggio and C. Brown, Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Council of the European Union (represented initially by S. Marquardt and F. Ruggeri Laderchi, and subsequently by S. Marquardt and A. Vitro, Agents); and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented initially by R. Caudwell, and subsequently by E. Jenkinson, Agents)
Re:
Originally, annulment of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1149/2004 of 22 June 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 concerning further restrictive measures in relation to Liberia (OJ 2004 L 222, p. 17), and, subsequently, annulment in part of Commission Regulation (EC) No 874/2005 of 9 June 2005 amending Regulation No 872/2004 (OJ 2005 L 146, p. 5).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the applicant to bear, in addition to his own costs, those of the Commission;
Orders the Council and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear their own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 273, 6.11.2004.