Despite the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling which annulled measures against the LTTE, the European Union yesterday (26/07) said the terror organisation remains listed as a terrorist organisation by the EU.
Issuing a statement, it said the ECJ judgment was a legal ruling on the procedure used for listing the LTTE.
“It does not involve any assessment by the Court of the substantive reasons for the designation of the LTTE as a terrorist organisation. The annulled measures cover the period 2011-2015. Designations of the LTTE adopted by the Council later in 2015-2017 are not covered by the present ruling. This means that the LTTE remains listed as a terrorist organisation by the EU,” it said.
