Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 11 July 2007.#Stichting Al-Aqsa v Council of the European Union.#Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism - Freezing of funds - Action for annulment - Statement of reasons.#Case T-327/03.

Subject of the case

Re:

ACTION for annulment in part, first, of Council Decision 2003/480/EC of 27 June 2003 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 and repealing Decision 2002/974/EC (OJ 2003 L 160, p. 81), and, second, of Council Decision 2003/646/EC of 12 September 2003 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation No 2580/2001 and repealing Decision 2003/480 (OJ 2003 L 229, p. 22).

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Annuls Council Decision 2006/379/EC of 29 May 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 and repealing Decision 2005/930/EC in so far as it concerns Stichting Al-Aqsa;

2. Declares that there is no need to rule on the claim for a declaration, pursuant to Article 241 EC, that Council Regulation No 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001 is unlawful;

3. Orders the Council to bear, in addition to its own costs, the costs of Stichting Al-Aqsa;

4. Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to pay its own costs.