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Document 62022TA0361
Case T-361/22: Judgment of the General Court of 6 September 2023 — Timchenko v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine — Freezing of funds — Inclusion and retention of the applicant’s name on the lists of persons, entities and bodies concerned — Obligation to state reasons — Article 1(1) of Decision 2014/145/CFSP — Concept of ‘association’ — Right to be heard)
Case T-361/22: Judgment of the General Court of 6 September 2023 — Timchenko v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine — Freezing of funds — Inclusion and retention of the applicant’s name on the lists of persons, entities and bodies concerned — Obligation to state reasons — Article 1(1) of Decision 2014/145/CFSP — Concept of ‘association’ — Right to be heard)
Case T-361/22: Judgment of the General Court of 6 September 2023 — Timchenko v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine — Freezing of funds — Inclusion and retention of the applicant’s name on the lists of persons, entities and bodies concerned — Obligation to state reasons — Article 1(1) of Decision 2014/145/CFSP — Concept of ‘association’ — Right to be heard)
OJ C, C/2023/326, 30.10.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/326/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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Official Journal |
EN Series C |
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C/2023/326 |
30.10.2023 |
Judgment of the General Court of 6 September 2023 — Timchenko v Council
(Case T-361/22) (1)
(Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine - Freezing of funds - Inclusion and retention of the applicant’s name on the lists of persons, entities and bodies concerned - Obligation to state reasons - Article 1(1) of Decision 2014/145/CFSP - Concept of ‘association’ - Right to be heard)
(C/2023/326)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Elena Petrovna Timchenko (Geneva, Switzerland) (represented by: T. Bontinck, S. Bonifassi, E. Fedorova, A. Guillerme, L. Burguin, J. Goffin and J. Bastien, lawyers)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: N. Rouam, M.-C. Cadilhac and D. Laurent, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Giolito and M. Carpus Carcea, acting as Agents)
Re:
By her action, the applicant seeks, in the first place, annulment, pursuant to Article 263 TFEU, first, of Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/582 of 8 April 2022 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ 2022 L 110, p. 55), and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/581 of 8 April 2022 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ 2022 L 110, p. 3) and, second, annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/1530 of 14 September 2022 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ 2022 L 239, p. 149), and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1529 of 14 September 2022 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ 2022 L 239, p. 1), in so far as those acts concern the applicant. The applicant seeks, in the second place, compensation, pursuant to Article 268 TFEU, for the non-material harm she claims to have suffered as a result of the adoption of those acts.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Ms Elena Petrovna Timchenko to bear her own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union; |
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Orders the European Commission to pay its own costs. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/326/oj
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