Case T‑693/13

(publication by extracts)

Aliaksei Mikhalchanka

v

Council of the European Union

‛Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Belarus — Freezing of funds and economic resources — Restrictions on entry into, or transit through, the territory of the European Union — Retention of the applicant’s name on the list of persons concerned — Journalist — Rights of defence — Obligation to state reasons — Error of assessment’

Summary — Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber), 10 May 2016

Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Belarus — Freezing of funds — Rights of defence — Notification of inculpatory elements — Subsequent decision retaining the applicant’s name on the list of persons concerned — No new grounds — No infringement of the right to be heard — Annulment of the previous decision for infringement of the right to be heard — Irrelevant

(Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP, as amended by Decision 2013/534/CFSP; Council Regulation No 1017/2012, as amended by Regulation No 1054/2013)

See the text of the decision.

(see paras 46-58)