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Document 62023TA0493
Case T-493/23: Judgment of the General Court of 18 December 2024 – Tauber v Council (Common Foreign and Security Policy – Restrictive measures taken in view of actions destabilising Moldova – Freezing of funds – Restrictions on entry into the territories of the Member States – Lists of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and to restrictions on entry into the territories of the Member States – Inclusion and maintenance of the applicant’s name on the lists – Planning and directing violent demonstrations – Article 1(1)9a)(ii) and Article 2(1)(a)(ii) of Decision (CFSP) 2023/891 and Article 2(3)(a)(ii) of Regulation (EU) 2023/888 – Obligation to state reasons – Plea of illegality – Error of assessment – Freedom to conduct a business – Right to property – Non-contractual liability)
Case T-493/23: Judgment of the General Court of 18 December 2024 – Tauber v Council (Common Foreign and Security Policy – Restrictive measures taken in view of actions destabilising Moldova – Freezing of funds – Restrictions on entry into the territories of the Member States – Lists of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and to restrictions on entry into the territories of the Member States – Inclusion and maintenance of the applicant’s name on the lists – Planning and directing violent demonstrations – Article 1(1)9a)(ii) and Article 2(1)(a)(ii) of Decision (CFSP) 2023/891 and Article 2(3)(a)(ii) of Regulation (EU) 2023/888 – Obligation to state reasons – Plea of illegality – Error of assessment – Freedom to conduct a business – Right to property – Non-contractual liability)
Case T-493/23: Judgment of the General Court of 18 December 2024 – Tauber v Council (Common Foreign and Security Policy – Restrictive measures taken in view of actions destabilising Moldova – Freezing of funds – Restrictions on entry into the territories of the Member States – Lists of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and to restrictions on entry into the territories of the Member States – Inclusion and maintenance of the applicant’s name on the lists – Planning and directing violent demonstrations – Article 1(1)9a)(ii) and Article 2(1)(a)(ii) of Decision (CFSP) 2023/891 and Article 2(3)(a)(ii) of Regulation (EU) 2023/888 – Obligation to state reasons – Plea of illegality – Error of assessment – Freedom to conduct a business – Right to property – Non-contractual liability)
OJ C, C/2025/1424, 10.3.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1424/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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Judgment of the General Court of 18 December 2024 – Tauber v Council
(Case T-493/23) (1)
(Common Foreign and Security Policy - Restrictive measures taken in view of actions destabilising Moldova - Freezing of funds - Restrictions on entry into the territories of the Member States - Lists of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and to restrictions on entry into the territories of the Member States - Inclusion and maintenance of the applicant’s name on the lists - Planning and directing violent demonstrations - Article 1(1)9a)(ii) and Article 2(1)(a)(ii) of Decision (CFSP) 2023/891 and Article 2(3)(a)(ii) of Regulation (EU) 2023/888 - Obligation to state reasons - Plea of illegality - Error of assessment - Freedom to conduct a business - Right to property - Non-contractual liability)
(C/2025/1424)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Marina Tauber (Chișinău, Moldova) (represented by: T. Bontinck, L. Marchal, lawyers, and C. Zatschler, Senior Counsel)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: A. Boggio-Tomasaz, E. Nadbath and P. Mahnič, acting as Agents, and by E. Raoult, lawyer)
Intervener in support of the defendants: European Commission (represented by: M. Carpus Carcea, L. Baumgart and T. Baumé, acting as Agents)
Re:
By her action, the applicant seeks, first, under Article 263 TFUE, annulment, in the first place, of Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1047 of 30 May 2023 amending Decision (CFSP) 2023/891 concerning restrictive measures in view of actions destabilising the Republic of Moldova (OJ 2023 L 140 I, p. 9) and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1045 of 30 May 2023 implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/888 concerning restrictive measures in view of actions destabilising the Republic of Moldova (OJ 2023 L 140 I, p. 1); in the second place, of Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/1244 of 26 April 2024, amending Decision (CFSP) 2023/891 concerning restrictive measures in view of actions destabilising the Republic of Moldova (OJ L, 2024/1242), and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1243 of 26 April 2024 implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/888 concerning restrictive measures in view of actions destabilising the Republic of Moldova (OJ L, 2024/1243), in so far as those acts concern the applicant and, secondly, under Article 268 TFEU, compensation for the non-material damage which she claims to have suffered as a result of the adoption of the initial acts.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Ms Marina Tauber to bear her own costs and to pay those of the Council of the European Union; |
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Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1424/oj
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