16.6.2012

Official Journal of the European Union

C 174/22

(Joined Cases T-76/07, T-362/07 and T-409/08) (<span class="super">1</span>)

(Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures with a view to combating terrorism - Withdrawal from the list of persons concerned - Action for annulment - No need to adjudicate)

2012/C 174/35

Language of the case: Dutch

Parties

Applicant: Nouriddin El Fatmi (Vught, Netherlands) (represented by G. Pulles and A. M. van Eik (Cases T-76/07, T-362/07 and T-409/08), J. Pauw (Cases T-76/07 and T-362/07) and M. Uiterwaal (T-76/07), lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented initially by G. J. Van Hegelsom and E. Finnegan (T-76/07 and T-362/07), then by B. Driessen and E. Finnegan (T-76/07, T-362/07 and T-409/08), agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented initially by C. Wissels, M. de Mol and Y. de Vries, and by M. de Grave (Case T-76/07), then by C. Wissels, M. Bulterman and J. Langer, agents); and European Commission (represented by S. Boelaert and P. van Nuffel, and, initially, by J. Aquilina (Case T-76/07), agents)

Re:

In essence, application for annulment of Council Decision 2006/1008/EC of 21 December 2006 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism (OJ 2006 L 379, p. 123), replaced successively by Council Decisions 2007/445/EC of 28 June 2007 (OJ 2007 L 169, p. 58), 2007/868/EC of 20 December 2007 (OJ 2007 L 340, p. 100), 2008/583/EC of 15 July 2008 (OJ 2008 L 188, p. 21), 2009/62/EC of 26 January 2009 (OJ 2009 L 23, p. 25), Council Regulation (EC) No 501/2009 of 15 June 2009 (OJ 2009 L 151, p. 14), Council Implementing Regulations (EU) No 1285/2009 of 22 December 2009 (OJ 2009 L 346, p. 39), (EU) No 610/2010 of 12 July 2010 (OJ 2010 L 178, p. 1), (EU) No 83/2011 of 31 January 2011 (OJ 2011 L 28, p. 14), and (EU) No 687/2011 of 18 July 2011 (OJ 2011 L 188, p. 2), in so far as the applicant is named in the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism (OJ 2001 L 344, p. 1).

Operative part of the order

The General Court orders:

1.There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the action.

2.The Council of the European Union shall pay the costs.

3.The European Commission and the Kingdom of the Netherlands shall bear their own costs.

(<span class="super">1</span>) OJ C 117, 26.5.2007.