Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber), 21 March 2014

Hani El Sayyed Elsebai Yusef v European Commission

Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al Qaida network and the Taliban — Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 — Freezing of a person’s funds and economic resources as a result of his inclusion on a list drawn up by a United Nations body — Sanctions Committee — Subsequent inclusion in Annex I to Regulation No 881/2002 — Commission’s refusal to de-list — Action for failure to act — Fundamental rights — Right to be heard, right to effective judicial review and right to property

Case T‑306/10


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
25/04/2014 Yusef v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2014:141
21/03/2014 Yusef v Commission
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:T:2014:141
21/03/2014 Yusef v Commission
Order
ECLI:EU:T:2010:446
22/10/2010 Yusef v Commission
Application (OJ)
25/09/2010 Yusef v Commission
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Action for a declaration that the Commission unlawfully failed to remove the applicant’s name from the list of persons, groups and entities subject to the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban (OJ 2002 L 139, p. 9)

Systematic classification scheme

1.
3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.00 General
6 External policy
  6.01 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    6.01.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      6.01.01.10 Judicial review
3 Legal proceedings
  3.03 Actions for failure to act
    3.03.03 Applications by natural or legal persons
6 External policy
  6.01 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    6.01.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      6.01.01.10 Judicial review
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.47 Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial
6 External policy
  6.01 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    6.01.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      6.01.01.07 Rights of the defence
        6.01.01.07.01 Disclosure of inculpatory evidence


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 23/07/2010

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

21/03/2014


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 142 from 12.05.2014, p.31

Application: OJ C 260 from 25.09.2010, p.20

Name of the parties

Yusef v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Simon, Denys: Mesures restrictives (terrorisme), Europe 2014 Mai Com. nº 5 p.15-16 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • External relations
  • - Common foreign and security policy

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for failure to act : dismissal on substantive grounds
  • Actions for failure to act : application granted

Formation of the Court

deuxième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Forwood

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

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