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Document 62017CJ0458
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 June 2018.
Rami Makhlouf v Council of the European Union.
Appeal — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against the Syrian Arab Republic — Measures directed against influential businessmen and women engaged in activities in Syria and against influential members of the Assad and Makhlouf families — Rights of defence — Proof that inclusion on the lists is well founded.
Case C-458/17 P.
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 June 2018.
Rami Makhlouf v Council of the European Union.
Appeal — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against the Syrian Arab Republic — Measures directed against influential businessmen and women engaged in activities in Syria and against influential members of the Assad and Makhlouf families — Rights of defence — Proof that inclusion on the lists is well founded.
Case C-458/17 P.
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 June 2018 — Makhlouf v Council
(Case C‑458/17 P) ( 1 )
(Appeal — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against the Syrian Arab Republic — Measures directed against influential businessmen and women engaged in activities in Syria and against influential members of the Assad and Makhlouf families — Rights of defence — Proof that inclusion on the lists is well founded)
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Appeal—Grounds—Mistaken assessment of the facts—Inadmissibility—Review by the Court of the findings of fact—Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see para. 57) |
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Appeal—Grounds—Plea submitted for the first time in the context of the appeal—Inadmissibility (Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 170(1)) (see para. 74) |
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Appeal—Grounds—Error of law relied on not identified—Inadmissibility (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 168(1)(d) and 169) (see para. 75) |
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Appeal—Grounds—Plea against a ground of the judgment not necessary to support the operative part—Invalid plea in law (Art. 256(1) TFEU) (see para. 96) |
Operative part
The Court:
1. |
Dismisses the appeal; |
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Orders Mr Rami Makhlouf to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union and the European Commission. |
( 1 ) OJ C 309, 18.9.2017.