Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 March 2017

A and Others v Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) — Specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism — Common Position 2001/931/CFSP — Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA — Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 — Article 2(3) — Inclusion of the ‘Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)’ on the list of persons, groups and entities involved in terrorist acts — Question referred for a preliminary ruling concerning the validity of that inclusion — Compliance with international humanitarian law — Concept of ‘terrorist act’ — Actions by armed forces during periods of armed conflict

Case C-158/14


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
28/04/2017 A and Others
area of freedom, security and justice
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • External relations
  • - Common foreign and security policy
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2017:202		 14/03/2017 A and Others
area of freedom, security and justice
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • External relations
  • - Common foreign and security policy
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2017:202		 14/03/2017 A and Others
area of freedom, security and justice
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • External relations
  • - Common foreign and security policy
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
06/06/2014 A and Others
area of freedom, security and justice
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • External relations
  • - Common foreign and security policy
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
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Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2016:734		 29/09/2016 A and Others
area of freedom, security and justice
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • External relations
  • - Common foreign and security policy
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

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

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
    3.04.02 Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice
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6 External policy
  6.01 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    6.01.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      6.01.01.00 General
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.07 Interpretation of EU law
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6 External policy
  6.01 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    6.01.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      6.01.01.00 General
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6 External policy
  6.01 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    6.01.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      6.01.01.00 General


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 04/04/2014

Date of the Opinion

  • 29/09/2016

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

14/03/2017


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 151 from 15.05.2017, p.2

Application: OJ C 194 from 24.06.2014, p.15

Name of the parties

A and Others

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Berlin, Dominique: Actes de terrorisme et procédure contentieuse devant le juge de l'Union, La Semaine Juridique - édition générale 2017 nº 14 p.672 (FR)
  2. Simon, Denys: Définition des actes de terrorisme, Europe 2017 Avril nº 05 p.10-11 (FR)
  3. Gundel, Jörg: Prozessrecht: Rechtsschutzpräklusion durch die Deggendorf-Rechtsprechung, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2017 p.393-394 (DE)
  4. Aalbers, Maarten ; Weber, Thomas: Ars aequi 2017 p.8368-8370 (NL)
  5. Maison, Rafaëlle: Le terrorisme en temps de guerre : raisons et échec d'une conciliation normative. La Cour de justice de l'Union interrogée sur la conformité au droit international des mesures restrictives visant les Tigres tamouls, Revue des affaires européennes 2017 p.149-158 (FR)
  6. De Waele, H.C.F.J.A.: Tamil Tijgers versus Europese Unie: plaatsing op terrorismelijst geldig, indirecte toetsing mogelijk, S.E.W. : Tijdschrift voor Europees en economisch recht 2017 p.289-392 (NL)
  7. Carlier, Jean-Yves ; Leboeuf, Luc: Droit européen des migrations, Journal de droit européen 2018 p.95-110 (FR)
  8. Wimmer, Michael: Counter-terrorism sanctions, non-international armed conflicts and Tamil Tigers: A and others, Common Market Law Review 2018, Volume 55, Issue 5, p. 1573-1593 (EN)
  9. Pantaleo, Luca: To Be or not to Be (A Terrorist). EU Anti-Terrorism Measures and International Humanitarian Law. Understanding Regime Interplay in Light of Recent EU Case Law, Revista General de Derecho Europeo 2018, nº 44, p. 155-170 (EN)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Raad van State - Netherlands

Subject-matter

  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • External relations
  • - Common foreign and security policy
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights

Provisions of national law referred to

Sanctieregeling terrorisme 2007-II, art. 2

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling
  • Reference for a preliminary ruling : case not proceeding to judgment

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Rosas

Advocate General

Sharpston

Language(s) of the Case

  • Dutch

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English