Council of the European Union v Hamas

Subject Matter

EUROPEAN UNION — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures — Council of EU maintaining organisation on list as involved in terrorist acts and subject to measures freezing funds by virtue of non-legislative acts — Obligation to sign and authenticate non-legislative acts adopted by Council — Acts in issue signed by President of Council and Secretary-General — Statements of reasons for listing set out in separate documents — Whether President of Council and Secretary-General required to sign acts and statement of reasons — FEU Treaty, art 297(2) — Council Decision 2009/937/EU, annex with Council’s Rules of Procedure, art 15

(Case C-833/19P); (Case C-833/19 P); EU:C:2021:950; [2022] 4 WLR 26; [2021] WLR(D) 592, ECJ (GC)

EUROPEAN UNION — Appeal — Common foreign and security policy — Fight against terrorism — Restrictive measures against certain persons and entities — Freezing of funds — Common Position 2001/931/CFSP — Regulation EC No 2580/2001 — Continued inclusion of an organisation on the list of persons, groups and entities involved in terrorist acts — Statement of individual reasons notified to the organisation set out in a separate document from that containing a general statement of reasons — Authentication of the statement of individual reasons — Article 2972 TFEU

(Case C-833/19P); (Case C-833/19 P); EU:C:2021:950; [2022] 4 WLR 26; [2021] WLR(D) 592, ECJ (GC)

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