Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 29January 2014— Gbagbo v Council
(Case C‑397/13 P)
Appeal— Time-limit— Formal requirements— Manifest inadmissibility
Judicial proceedings— Time-limit for instituting proceedings— Claim barred by lapse of time— No unforeseeable circumstances or force majeure (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 45, second para., and 56; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 51) (see paras 3-9)
Re:
| Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 25April 2013 in Case T‑119/11 Gbagbo v Council in which the General Court dismissed the action seeking an annulment, first, of Council Decision 2011/18/CFSP of 14January 2011 amending Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d’Ivoire (OJ 2011 L11, p.36) and, secondly, of Regulation (EU) No25/2011 of 14January 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No560/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire (OJ 2011 L11, p.1), in so far as they relate to the appellant— Freezing of funds— Obligation to state reasons— Manifest error of assessment. |
Operative part
1. |
| The appeal is dismissed. |
2. |
| Simone Gbagbo is ordered to bear, in addition to her own costs, those incurred by the Council of the European Union. |
3. |
| The Republic of Côte d’Ivoire is ordered to bear its own costs. |