Judgment of the General Court of 20 July 2017 — Badica and Kardiam v Council

(Case T-619/15) (1)

((Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures adopted against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in the Central African Republic - Freezing of funds - Initial decision to list - List of persons and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources - Inclusion of the applicants’ names - Implementation of a UN resolution - Obligation to state reasons - Rights of defence - Presumption of innocence - Manifest error of assessment))

(2017/C 283/51)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: Bureau d’achat de diamant Centrafrique (Badica) (Bangui, Central African Republic) and Kardiam (Antwerp, Belgium) (represented by: D. Luff and L. Defalque, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: B. Driessen and P. Mahnič Bruni, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking the annulment of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1485 of 2 September 2015 implementing Article 17(1) of Council Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Central African Republic (OJ 2015 L 229, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The General Court:

(1)  OJ C 27, 25.1.2016.