Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 June 2018 — Makhlouf v Council
(Case C‑458/17 P) ( 1 )
(Appeal — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against the Syrian Arab Republic — Measures directed against influential businessmen and women engaged in activities in Syria and against influential members of the Assad and Makhlouf families — Rights of defence — Proof that inclusion on the lists is well founded)
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Appeal—Grounds—Mistaken assessment of the facts—Inadmissibility—Review by the Court of the findings of fact—Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted
(Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)
(see para. 57)
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Appeal—Grounds—Plea submitted for the first time in the context of the appeal—Inadmissibility
(Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 170(1))
(see para. 74)
3
Appeal—Grounds—Error of law relied on not identified—Inadmissibility
(Art. 256(1) 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)
(see para. 75)
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Appeal—Grounds—Plea against a ground of the judgment not necessary to support the operative part—Invalid plea in law
(Art. 256(1) TFEU)
(see para. 96)
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the appeal;
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Orders Mr Rami Makhlouf to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union and the European Commission.
( 1 ) OJ C 309, 18.9.2017.