Official Journal
of the European Union

C series

C/2024/4088

8.7.2024

Action brought on 22 March 2024 – Trabelsi v Council

(Case T-165/24)

(C/2024/4088)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Belhassen Ben Mohamed Ben Rhouma Trabelsi (Paris, France) (represented by: M. Ceccaldi and M. Hazguer, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—	declare admissible and well-founded the requests of Mr Belhassen Ben Mohamed Ben Rhouma Trabelsi in respect of the present application;

—	annul, consequently, the annex to Council Decision 2011/72/CFSP of 31 January 2011 concerning restrictive measures to the extent they concern the applicant – file No 8 – in so far as that annex was extended, without reason, by Council Decision 2024/426 of 29 January 2024, and the effects thereof;

—	order the Council to pay Mr Belhassen Ben Mohamed Ben Rhouma Trabelsi twenty thousand euros (EUR 20 000) to cover payment of his legal costs;

—	order the Council to pay the costs of the proceedings.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on three pleas in law.

1.	First plea in law, alleging infringement of the rights of the defence.

2.	Second plea in law, alleging a failure to fulfil the obligation to state reasons.

3.	Third plea in law, based on the right to effective judicial protection.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4088/oj

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