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Case T-119/11: Judgment of the General Court of 25 April 2013 — Gbagbo v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire — Freezing of funds — Alteration of heads of claim — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment — Misuse of power — Rights of the defence — Right to property)

OJ C 164, 8.6.2013, p. 15–15 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

8.6.2013   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 164/15


Judgment of the General Court of 25 April 2013 — Gbagbo v Council

(Case T-119/11) (1)

(Common foreign and security policy - Specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire - Freezing of funds - Alteration of heads of claim - Obligation to state reasons - Manifest error of assessment - Misuse of power - Rights of the defence - Right to property)

2013/C 164/26

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Simone Gbagbo (Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire) (represented by: J.-C. Tchikaya, lawyer)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: B. Driessen and M. Chavrier, agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bordes and M. Konstantinidis, agents) and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire (represented by: J.-P. Mignard, J.-P. Benoit and G. Merland, lawyers)

Re:

Initially, an application for annulment, first, of Council Decision 2011/18/CFSP of 14 January 2011 amending Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d’Ivoire (OJ 2011 L 11, p. 36), and, second, of Council Regulation (EU) No 25/2011 of 14 January 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Côte d'Ivoire (OJ 2011 L 11, p. 1), in so far as those measures concern the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Mrs Simone Gbagbo to bear her own costs and those incurred by the Council of the European Union;

3.

Orders the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and the European Commission to bear their own costs.


(1)  OJ C 130, 30.4.2011.


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