Case C‑524/22 P

Amer Foz

v

Council of the European Union

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 11 January 2024

(Appeal – Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures adopted against Syria – Measures directed against persons associated with persons and entities subject to restrictive measures – Lists of persons subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources – Proof that inclusion of the appellant’s name on those lists is well founded)

1. Appeal – Grounds – Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence – Inadmissibility – Review by the Court of Justice of the assessment of the facts and evidence – Possible only where the facts or evidence have been distorted – Plea alleging distortion of the facts – Need to indicate precisely the evidence alleged to have been distorted and show the errors of appraisal which led to that distortion

   (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art.58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court, Arts 168(1)(d) and 169(2))

   (see paragraphs 37, 38, 45, 50, 51, 56, 58)

2. Appeal – Grounds – Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence – Grounds supporting, to the requisite legal standard, the General Court’s findings on the appellant’s association with a person subject to restrictive measures

   (Art. 256 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(2); Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP, as amended by Decision (CFSP) 2015/1836, Arts 27 and 28(1) to (5); Council Regulation No 36/2012, as amended by Regulation 2015/1828, Art. 15(1a) and (1b))

   (see paragraphs 63, 64)

See the text of the decision.