8.6.2013
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 164/15
Judgment of the General Court of 25 April 2013 — Gossio v Council
(Case T-130/11) (1)
(Common foreign and security policy - Specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire - Freezing of funds - Obligation to state reasons - Manifest error of assessment)
2013/C 164/27
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Marcel Gossio (Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire) (represented: initially by G. Collard then S. Zokou, lawyers)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: B. Driessen and G. Étienne, agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bordes and M. Konstantinidis, agents) and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire (represented by: J.-P. Mignard, J.-P. Benoit and G. Merland, lawyers)
Re:
Application for annulment, first, of Council Decision 2011/18/CFSP of 14 January 2011 amending Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d’Ivoire (OJ 2011 L 11, p. 36), and, second, of Council Regulation (EU) No 25/2011 of 14 January 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Côte d'Ivoire (OJ 2011 L 11, p. 1).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Mr Marcel Gossio to bear his own costs and those incurred by the Council of the European Union;
3.
Orders the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and the European Commission to bear their own costs.
(1) OJ C 130, 30.4.2011.
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