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Subject-matter

Appeal against the order of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 28 February 2012 in Case T127/09 Abdulbasit Abdulrahim v Council of the European Union and European Commission, by which the General Court held that there was no need to adjudicate on an action seeking partial annulment of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1330/2008 of 22 December 2008 amending for the 103rd time 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 2008 L 345, p. 60) – Removal of the person concerned from the list of persons and entities concerned

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 47 : paragraph 44
• TFEU, Article 263 : paragraph 78
• TFEU, Article 264 : paragraph 78
• TFEU, Article 266 : paragraph 80
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A02P2 : paragraph 38
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A113 : paragraphs 14, 42, 43, 48
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A114P3 : paragraphs 42, 48
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A18 : paragraph 38
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A19 : paragraph 38
• Regulation 881/2002 : paragraphs 3, 70
• Regulation 881/2002 -N1 : paragraph 66
• Regulation 1330/2008 : paragraphs 3, 69, 76, 82 - 84
• Regulation 1330/2008 -N1PT1 : paragraph 4
• Regulation 36/2011 : paragraphs 9, 43, 66, 67, 73, 82
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -92/78 : paragraph 63
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -155/78 : paragraphs 72, 79, 80
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -76/79 : paragraph 64
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -53/85 : paragraphs 63, 79, 80
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -343/87 : paragraphs 72, 79, 80
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -547/03 : paragraph 42
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -417/04 : paragraph 42
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -229/05 : paragraph 82
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -362/05 : paragraphs 61, 63
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -402/05 : paragraph 70
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/06 : paragraph 70
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -373/06 : paragraph 61
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -340/08 : paragraph 70
• Court of Justice - Order C -580/08 : paragraph 38
• General Court - Order T -127/09 : paragraphs 1 - 85
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -426/10 : paragraph 38
• Court of Justice - Order C -266/10 : paragraph 38

Operative part

• Annuls : General Court - Order T -127/09

Opinion

• TFEU, Article 266 : point 60
  
• TFEU, Article 266 -L1 : point 63
  
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A02P2 : point 39
  
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A113 : points 42, 46
  
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A114P3 : points 42, 46
  
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A18 : point 39
  
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A19 : point 39
  
• Regulation 1330/2008 : point 6
  
• Regulation 36/2011 : points 10, 42
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -15/67 : point 54
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -92/78 : point 64
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -155/78 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -76/79 : point 67
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -53/85 : point 63
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -309/89 : point 53
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -304/89 : point 66
  
• General Court - Judgment T -46/92 : point 63
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -19/93 : point 51
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -19/93 : point 51
  
• General Court - Judgment T -481/93 : point 59
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -68/94 : point 67
  
• General Court - Order T -6/95 : point 52
  
• General Court - Judgment T -6/96 : point 67
  
• General Court - Judgment T -16/96 : point 52
  
• General Court - Judgment T -102/96 : point 55
  
• General Court - Judgment T -22/97 : point 55
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -174/99 : point 67
  
• General Court - Judgment T -131/99 : point 65
  
• General Court - Judgment T -228/02 : points 59, 69
  
• General Court - Judgment T -229/02 : point 69
  
• General Court - Judgment T -285/02 : point 54
  
• General Court - Order T -28/02 : point 57
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -547/03 : point 46
  
• General Court - Judgment T -327/03 : point 69
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -229/05 : point 61
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -362/05 : points 63, 64
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -368/05 : point 46
  
• Civil Service Tribunal - Order F -3/05 : point 54
  
• General Court - Judgment T -299/05 : points 64, 67
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -59/06 : point 67
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -399/06 : points 61, 69
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -535/06 : point 63
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -198/07 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -198/07 : point 65
  
• General Court - Judgment T -256/07 : point 69
  
• General Court - Order T -76/07 : point 1
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -580/08 : point 39
  
• General Court - Judgment T -121/08 : point 63
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -27/09 : point 51
  
• General Court - Order T -127/09 : point 2
  
• General Court - Order T -527/09 : point 1
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -426/10 : point 39
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -266/10 : point 39
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -417/11 : point 3
  
• General Court - Order T -118/11 : point 1
  
• General Court - Order T -131/11 : point 1
  
• General Court - Order T -142/11 : point 1
  
• General Court - Order T -160/11 : point 1
  
• General Court - Order T -218/11 : point 1
  
• General Court - Order T -255/11 : point 1
  
• General Court - Order T -285/11 : point 1
  
• General Court - Order T -436/11 : point 1
  
• General Court - Order T -543/11 : point 1
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 13/05/2012

Date of the Opinion

• 22/01/2013

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

28/05/2013

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 200 from 07.07.2012, p.8

Judgment: OJ C 225 from 03.08.2013, p.34

Name of the parties

Abdulrahim v Council and Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Simon, Denys: Intérêt à agir. Contrairement au Tribunal, la Cour juge que l'abrogation de mesures restrictives ne fait pas disparaître l'intérêt à agir du requérant, notamment en vue de remédier au « préjudice moral » qu'il a subi du fait de son inscription sur les black lists, Europe 2013 Juillet Comm. nº 7 p.28-29 (FR)
2. Mok, M.R.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2013 nº 471 (NL)
3. Marino, Gabriele: Se è in gioco la "riabilitazione" dell'individuo, la Corte ammette l'annullamento giurisdizionale degli atti lesivi dei diritti umani, benché abrogati o revocati, Diritto pubblico comparato ed europeo 2013 p.941-945 (IT)
4. T., A.: Armenopoulos 2013 p.2007-2008 (EL)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

• External relations
  
• - Common foreign and security policy
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Actions for annulment
  
• Action for damages
  
• Appeals : application granted
  

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Rosas

Advocate General

Bot

Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• French