Judgment_paragraph 54 · Adib Mayaleh v Council of the European Union (T-307/12, T-408/13)

54In that regard, it must be borne in mind that, according to the case-law, the principle of effective judicial protection means that the European Union authority which adopts individual restrictive measures against a person or entity, as is the case here, is bound to communicate the grounds on which those measures are based, either when those measures are adopted or, at the very least, as swiftly as possible after their adoption, in order to enable those persons or entities to exercise their right to bring an action (see Bank Melli Iran v Council, paragraph 47 above, paragraph 56 and the case-law cited).