Mugabe ally loses EU sanctions compensation case

4        The name of the first applicant, Mr John Arnold Bredenkamp, was added to the list of persons referred to in Articles 4 and 5 of Common Position 2004/161 under Article 2 and Part I of the Annex to Common Position 2009/68. The reasons for the inclusion of his name in item 7 of that annex are given as follows:

‘Businessman with strong ties to the Government of [the Republic of] Zimbabwe. He has provided, including through his companies, financial and other support to the regime (see also items [1 to 9], 12, 14, 20, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31 and 32 in part II).’

5        The name of the first applicant was added to the list of natural or legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Article 6 of Regulation No 314/2004 by Article 1 of and the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 77/2009 of 26 January 2009 amending Regulation No 314/2004 (OJ 2009 L 23, p. 5). The reasons for the inclusion of his name in item 7 of Part I of that annex are given as follows:

‘Businessman with strong ties to the Government of Zimbabwe. He has provided, including through his companies, financial and other support to the regime (see also items [1 to 9], 12, 14, 20, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31 and 32 in part II).’

6        The names of the second and third applicants, Echo Delta (Holdings) PCC Ltd and Scottlee Holdings (Private) Ltd, were also added to the list of persons referred to in Articles 4 and 5 of Common Position 2004/161 under Article 2 of and the Annex to Common Position 2009/68. Those names were also added to the list of natural or legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Article 6 of Regulation No 314/2004 under Article 1 of and the Annex to Regulation No 77/2009. The reasons for their inclusion on the lists in question are given as follows: ‘owned by John Arnold Bredenkamp’ (Common Position 2004/161) and ‘owned by John Arnold Bredenkamp’ (Regulation No 77/2009). Moreover, the name ‘Breco International’ was added in item 7 of Part II of the list of persons referred to in Articles 4 and 5 of Common Position 2004/161 under Article 2 of and the Annex to Common Position 2009/68 and in item 7 of Part II of Annex III to Regulation No 314/2004 under Article 1 of and the Annex to Regulation No 77/2009. The reasons for the inclusion of that name on those lists are the same as those given for the inclusion of the names of the second and third applicants on those lists.

7        By application lodged at the Court Registry on 6 April 2009, Mr Bredenkamp and 18 legal persons, including the second and third applicants in the present case, brought an action for the annulment of Regulation No 77/2009 (Case T‑145/09 Bredenkamp and Others v Commission).

8        The names of the first three applicants and Breco International were retained in the lists in question under Decision 2010/92, Commission Regulation (EU) No 173/2010 of 25 February 2010 amending Regulation No 314/2004 (OJ 2010 L 51, p. 13), Decision 2011/101 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 174/2011 of 23 February 2011 amending Regulation No 314/2004 (OJ 2011 L 49, p. 23).

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