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Case T-293/12: Judgment of the General Court of 11 June 2014 — Syria International Islamic Bank v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Syria — Freezing of funds — Manifest error of assessment — Burden of proof — Claim for damages)
Case T-293/12: Judgment of the General Court of 11 June 2014 — Syria International Islamic Bank v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Syria — Freezing of funds — Manifest error of assessment — Burden of proof — Claim for damages)
Case T-293/12: Judgment of the General Court of 11 June 2014 — Syria International Islamic Bank v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Syria — Freezing of funds — Manifest error of assessment — Burden of proof — Claim for damages)
IO C 245, 28.7.2014, p. 9–10
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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28.7.2014 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 245/9 |
Judgment of the General Court of 11 June 2014 — Syria International Islamic Bank v Council
(Case T-293/12) (1)
((Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures against Syria - Freezing of funds - Manifest error of assessment - Burden of proof - Claim for damages))
2014/C 245/12
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Syria International Islamic Bank PJSC (Damascus, Syria) (represented by: G. Laguesse and J.-P. Buyle, lawyers)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: B. Driessen and D. Gicheva, acting as Agents)
Re:
Firstly, application for annulment of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 544/2012 of 25 June 2012 implementing Article 32(1) of Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (OJ 2012 L 165, p. 20, corrigendum OJ 2012 L 173, p. 27) and of Council Implementing Decision 2012/335/CFSP of 25 June 2012 implementing Decision 2011/782/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ 2012 L 165, p. 80), in so far as they concern the applicant and, secondly, a claim for damages.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Annuls Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 544/2012 of 25 June 2012 implementing Article 32(1) of Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria in so far as it relates to Syria International Islamic Bank PJSC; |
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Annuls Council Implementing Decision 2012/335/CFSP of 25 June 2012 implementing Decision 2011/782/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria in so far as it relates to Syria International Islamic Bank; |
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Dismisses the claim for damages as inadmissible; |
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Orders Syria International Islamic Bank to bear one quarter of its own costs; |
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Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay three quarters of those incurred by Syria International Islamic Bank. |