115In particular, it is appropriate to bear in mind, in the present case, the precautionary nature of freezing the applicant’s assets and the purpose thereof, which is to assist the Tunisian authorities with establishing any misappropriation of State funds that has taken place, on conclusion of the judicial proceedings, and to ensure that it remains possible for those authorities, ultimately, to recover the proceeds of that misappropriation (see, to that effect, judgment of 5 October 2017, Mabrouk v Council, T‑175/15, EU:T:2017:694, paragraph 33 and the case-law cited). It therefore falls to the Council to ensure that that measure is not extended unnecessarily, to the detriment of the applicant’s rights and freedoms, on which it has a significant negative impact, merely because the judicial proceedings on which it is based have been left open indefinitely, without any real justification (see, to that effect, judgments of 5 October 2017, Mabrouk v Council, T‑175/15, EU:T:2017:694, paragraph 48, and of 27 September 2018, Ezz and Others v Council, T‑288/15, EU:T:2018:619, paragraph 71).
Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.