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Case T-413/24: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2025 –Shammout v Council (Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in Syria – Freezing of funds – Restriction on entry into the territory of the Member States – Lists of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources and subject to restrictions on entry into the territory of the Member States – Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the lists – Concept of leading businessperson operating in Syria – Presumption of a link with the Syrian regime – Error of assessment)
Case T-413/24: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2025 –Shammout v Council (Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in Syria – Freezing of funds – Restriction on entry into the territory of the Member States – Lists of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources and subject to restrictions on entry into the territory of the Member States – Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the lists – Concept of leading businessperson operating in Syria – Presumption of a link with the Syrian regime – Error of assessment)
Case T-413/24: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2025 –Shammout v Council (Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in Syria – Freezing of funds – Restriction on entry into the territory of the Member States – Lists of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources and subject to restrictions on entry into the territory of the Member States – Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the lists – Concept of leading businessperson operating in Syria – Presumption of a link with the Syrian regime – Error of assessment)
OJ C, C/2025/5841, 10.11.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5841/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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Official Journal |
EN C series |
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C/2025/5841 |
10.11.2025 |
Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2025 –Shammout v Council
(Case T-413/24) (1)
(Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in Syria - Freezing of funds - Restriction on entry into the territory of the Member States - Lists of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources and subject to restrictions on entry into the territory of the Member States - Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the lists - Concept of ‘leading businessperson operating in Syria’ - Presumption of a link with the Syrian regime - Error of assessment)
(C/2025/5841)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Issam Shammout (Damascus, Syria) (represented by: L. Cloquet, lawyer)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Di Gaetano, E. Kübler, P. Mahnič and A. Antoniadis, acting as Agents)
Re:
By his action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/1510 of 27 May 2024 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (OJ L, 2024/1510) and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1517 of 27 May 2024 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (OJ L, 2024/1517), in so far as those acts concern him.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Mr Issam Shammout to pay the costs. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5841/oj
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