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LTTE still a terrorist organisation asserts EU in response to EU court ruling

The European Union  (EU) in a press release ,shortly after a European Union  Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that Liberation Tamil Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) funds were unlawfully frozen,  said it “continues to consider the LTTE as a terrorist organisation and the EU’s restrictive measures against the LTTE remain in force.”

“This means that the LTTE remains listed as a terrorist organisation by the EU,” the statement added.

Acknowledging the ECJ ruling, the statement went on to say that “remedial action will be taken to adjust the listings to these procedural requirements and to ensure legally robust designations.”

The statement came after the ECJ  on Wednesday in a court ruling confirmed the annulment of the continued freezing of LTTE funds.

A press release from the Court of Justice said the Council of the European Union said that the deciison to continue to freeze LTTE funds overlooked. "the fact that such a military defeat represents a significant change in circumstances, one that is capable of calling in question the ongoing nature of the risk of the LTTE’s involvement in terrorist activities, the Council should have referred to the evidence supporting that assessment, which it failed to do

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