Case T-256/11 before the General Court - Ahmed Abdelaziz Ezz and others v. Council of the European Union - Main contents

Document date	20-06-2011
Publication date	22-06-2011
Reference	11541/11
From	Council Legal Service «
To	COREPER (2nd part)
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COUNCIL OF Brussels, 20 June 2011

THE EUROPEAN UNION

11541/11

JUR 297 RELEX 650 COAFR 180 PESC 766

INFORMATION NOTE from: Council Legal Service to: COREPER (2nd part) Subject : Case T-256/11 before the General Court

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  Ahmed Abdelaziz Ezz and others v. Council of the European Union

• 1. 

  By an application notified to the Council on 1 June 2011, Ahmed Abdelaziz EZZ, Abla

  Mohammed FAWZI ALI AHMED, Khadiga Ahmed Ahmed Kamel YASSIN and Shahinaz Abdel Azizabdel Wahab Al NAGGAR have brought an action against the Council of the European Union for the annulment of Council Decision 2011/172/CFSP of 21 March 2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Egypt and Council Regulation (EU) No 270/2011 i CFSP of 21 March 2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Egypt.

• 2. 

  Pursuant to Article 1 of the Decision and Article 2 of the Regulation, the applicants are

  subject to a freezing of funds and economic resources belonging to, or owned, held or controlled by them, on the grounds of being subject to judicial proceedings by the Egyptian authorities in respect of the misappropriation of State funds on the basis of the United Nations Convention against corruption.

• 3. 

  The applicants invoke the following grounds in support of their claim for annulment: a) failure to satisfy the condition for designation, set out in Article 1 of the Decision and

  Article 2 of the Regulation;

  • b) 

    violation of the applicants' rights of defence and the right to effective judicial protection; c) failure to give the applicants sufficient reasons for their designation; d) infringement of the applicants' rights to property and their reputation; and e) manifest error of assessment in listing the applicants.

• 4. 

  In accordance with Article 46 (1) of the Rules of Procedure, the Council has to lodge its

  statement of defence within two months of receipt of the notification of the application. The

  Director-General of the Council Legal Service has appointed Mr Michael BISHOP and Mr

  Ivan GUROV, members of the Legal Service, as the Council's agents in this case.

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