Judgment_paragraph 61 · Sergej Arbuzov v Council of the European Union (T-258/17)

61Moreover, according to the case-law on decisions maintaining a person’s name on a list of persons covered by restrictive measures, when comments are made by the individual or entity concerned on the summary of reasons, the competent European Union authority is under an obligation to examine, carefully and impartially, whether the alleged reasons are well founded, in the light of those comments and any exculpatory evidence provided with those comments. Furthermore, in the context of the adoption of restrictive measures, the Council is under an obligation to observe the principle of good administration, enshrined in Article 41 of the Charter, which, according to settled case-law, entails the obligation for the competent institution to examine, carefully and impartially, all the relevant aspects of the individual case (see judgment of 7 July 2017, Arbuzov v Council, T‑221/15, not published, EU:T:2017:478, paragraph 101 and the case-law cited).