Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 3 December 2025 (Extracts). Amer Foz v Council of the European Union., sygn. T-414/24

Case T‑414/24

Amer Foz

v

Council of the European Union

Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 3 December 2025

(Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in Syria – Freezing of funds – Restrictions on entry into the territory of the Member States – Lists of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources and subject to restrictions on entry into the territory of the Member States – Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the lists – Criterion of association with a person or entity subject to restrictive measures – Fall of the regime of Bashar Al-Assad – Error of assessment)

1. Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Standing to bring proceedings – Acts of direct and individual concern to them – Regulation amending the criteria, defined by a decision adopted by the Council in the context of the common foreign and security policy, for the adoption of restrictive measures – Applicant not the addressee of the contested regulation – Regulation entailing implementing measures – Applicant not individually concerned – Inadmissibility

   (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU; Council Regulations No 36/2012, Art. 32(1), and 2025/1098)

   (see paragraphs 31-34)

2. European Union – Judicial review of the legality of the acts of the institutions – Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in Syria – Scope of the review – Proof that the measure is well founded – Obligation on the competent EU authority to establish, in the event of challenge, that the reasons relied on against the persons or entities concerned are well founded – Breadth of the discretion of that competent authority