Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 26 July 2017

Council of the European Union v Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

Appeal — Common foreign and security policy — Fight against terrorism — Restrictive measures against certain persons and entities — Freezing of funds — Common Position 2001/931/CFSP — Article 1(4) and (6) — Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 — Article 2(3) — Retention of an organisation on the list of persons, groups and entities involved in terrorist acts — Conditions — Factual basis of the decisions to freeze funds — Decision taken by a competent authority — Obligation to state reasons

Case C-599/14 P



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
01/09/2017 Council v LTTE
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2017:583
26/07/2017 Council v LTTE
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2017:583
26/07/2017 Council v LTTE
Application (OJ)
27/02/2015 Council v LTTE
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2016:723
22/09/2016 Council v LTTE
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

not yet published (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
6 External policy
  6.01 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    6.01.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      6.01.01.05 Authority competent to sign a decision
6 External policy
  6.01 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    6.01.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      6.01.01.05 Authority competent to sign a decision
6 External policy
  6.01 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    6.01.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      6.01.01.04 Powers of the Member States and/or the Council
6 External policy
  6.01 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    6.01.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      6.01.01.04 Powers of the Member States and/or the Council
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
  3.10 Appeals
    3.10.03 Grounds of appeal
      3.10.03.03 Ineffective pleas in law


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 19/12/2014

Date of the Opinion

  • 22/09/2016

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

26/07/2017


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 309 from 18.09.2017, p.2

Application: OJ C 89 from 16.03.2015, p.6

Name of the parties

Council v LTTE

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Poissonnier, Ghislain ; Dupont, Pascal: Le casse-tête de la législation européenne de prévention du terrorisme appliquée aux groupes armés, La Semaine Juridique - édition générale 2017 nº 40 p.1769 (FR)
  2. Simon, Denys: Mesures restrictives (Hamas, LTTE), Europe 2017 Octobre Comm. nº 340 p.13 (FR)
  3. Harpaz, Guy: Common Foreign and Security Policy, counter-terrorism measures and judicial review: Hamas and LTTE, Common Market Law Review 2018, Volume 55, Issue 6, p. 1917-1940 (EN)



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

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment
  • Appeals : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

von Danwitz

Advocate General

Sharpston

Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English