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Document 62019TN0103

Case T-103/19: Action brought on 20 February 2019 — Mende Omalanga v Council

OJ C 139, 15.4.2019, p. 84–85 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

15.4.2019   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 139/84

Action brought on 20 February 2019 — Mende Omalanga v Council

(Case T-103/19)

(2019/C 139/85)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Lambert Mende Omalanga (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo) (represented by: T. Bontinck, P. De Wolf, M. Forgeois, and A. Guillerme, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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annul Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1940 of 10 December 2018, in so far as the applicant remains at No 11 in Annex II to Decision 2010/788/CFSP;

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annul Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1931 of 10 December 2018, in so far as the applicant remains at No 11 in Annex Ia to Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005;

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rule that the provisions of Article 3(2)(a) of Decision 2010/788/CFSP and Article 2b(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) 1183/2005/EC are unlawful;

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order the Council to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on four pleas in law.

1.

First plea in law, alleging infringement of the rights of the defence, including breach of the obligation to state reasons justifying the measures and ensuring effective judicial protection and breach of the right to be heard.

2.

Second plea in law, alleging a manifest error of assessment as regards the involvement of the applicant in acts impeding a consensual and peaceful solution with a view to holding elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

3.

Third plea in law, alleging infringement of the right to privacy and the principle of proportionality.

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Fourth plea in law, alleging that the provisions of Article 3(2)(a) of Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP of 20 December 2010 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic Republic of the Congo and repealing Common Position 2008/369/CFSP (OJ 2010 L 336, p. 30) and Article 2b(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 of 18 July 2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against persons acting in violation of the arms embargo with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (OJ 2005 L 193, p. 1) are inapplicable. In that regard, the applicant submits that the legal criterion, as defined in those articles, on which the inclusion of the applicant’s name on the lists at issue is based, infringes the principle of the foreseeability of Union acts and the principle of proportionality in so far as it confers arbitrary and discretionary power on the Council.
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