Order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 11 January 2012

Mehdi Ben Tijani Ben Haj Hamda Ben Haj Hassen Ben Ali v Council of the European Union

Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures taken in the light of the situation in Tunisia – Action for annulment – Time-limit for bringing proceedings – Out of time – No force majeure – No excusable error – Application for alteration of the contested measure – Claim for compensation – Manifest inadmissibility

Case T-301/11


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Order (OJ)
10/02/2012 Ben Ali v Council
Order
ECLI:EU:T:2012:4
11/01/2012 Ben Ali v Council
Order (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2012:4
11/01/2012 Ben Ali v Council
Application (OJ)
15/07/2011 Ben Ali v Council
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

Subject-matter

Annulment of Council Regulation (EU) No 101/2011 of 4 February 2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Tunisia (OJ 2011 L 31, p. 1), 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), and Council Implementing Decision 2011/79/CFSP of 4 February 2011 implementing Decision 2011/72/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Tunisia (OJ 2011 L 31, p. 40), in so far as the applicant has been named on the list of persons and entities subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources.

Systematic classification scheme

1.
3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.05 Limitation periods
      3.02.05.00 General
3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.05 Limitation periods
      3.02.05.01 Starting point
3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.05 Compliance with time-limits
3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.00 General
3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.04 Subject-matter, form of order sought and pleas in law
      3.08.04.01 Formal requirements
3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.02 Intervention


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

  • 16/06/2011

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

11/01/2012


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 226 from 30.07.2011, p.29

Order: OJ C 58 from 25.02.2012, p.10

Name of the parties

Ben Ali v Council

Notes on Academic Writings

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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 annulment : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility
  • Action for damages : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility
  • Application for leave to intervene : case not proceeding to judgment

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Gratsias

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • French

Language(s) of the Opinion

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