Action brought on 23 July 2014 — CW v Council
(Case T-224/14)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: CW (Paris, France) (represented by: A. Tekari, lawyer)
Defendant: Council of the European Union
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
annul Council Implementing Decision 2014/49/CFSP of 30 January 2014 applying Decision 2011/72/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Tunisia in so far as it concerns the applicant;
order that as a result of the annulment of the contested decision, the applicant shall be deemed never to have been entered in the list of persons covered by the asset freeze and that no measure or decision of the Council may mention his name as being subject to an asset freeze;
order the Council of the European Union to pay damages in the amount of EUR 100 000 as compensation for the non-pecuniary and material harm suffered by the applicant;
order the Council of the European Union to bear, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by the applicant which must be equitably determined by having regard to the parties’ circumstances and to the workload resulting from the management of such a case.
Pleas in law and main arguments
In support of the action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law.
1. First plea in law, alleging an absence of legal basis for Decision 2014/49/CFSP, 1 inasmuch as it is based on a consideration extraneous to that set out in Article 1 of Decision 2011/72/CFSP 2 and inasmuch as, in any event, Decision 2011/72/CFSP, which constitutes the legal basis for the former decision, is not consistent with EU law governing targeted sanctions.
2. Second plea in law, alleging infringement of the right to property, in so far as the restrictive measures imposed on the applicant amount to an unjustified restriction of his right to property.
________________________1 Council Decision 2014/49/CFSP of 30 January 2014 amending Decision 2011/72/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Tunisia (OJ 2014 L 28, p. 38).
2 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).