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Document 62022TA0116
Case T-116/22: Judgment of the General Court of 29 May 2024 – Belavia v Council (Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures taken because of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine – Freezing of funds – Lists of persons, entities and bodies to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources applies – Registering and maintaining the applicant’s name on the lists – Organisation of activities of the Lukashenko regime facilitating the illegal crossing of the external borders of the European Union or contribution to those activities – Benefit derived from the Lukashenko regime – Error of assessment)
Case T-116/22: Judgment of the General Court of 29 May 2024 – Belavia v Council (Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures taken because of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine – Freezing of funds – Lists of persons, entities and bodies to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources applies – Registering and maintaining the applicant’s name on the lists – Organisation of activities of the Lukashenko regime facilitating the illegal crossing of the external borders of the European Union or contribution to those activities – Benefit derived from the Lukashenko regime – Error of assessment)
Case T-116/22: Judgment of the General Court of 29 May 2024 – Belavia v Council (Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures taken because of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine – Freezing of funds – Lists of persons, entities and bodies to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources applies – Registering and maintaining the applicant’s name on the lists – Organisation of activities of the Lukashenko regime facilitating the illegal crossing of the external borders of the European Union or contribution to those activities – Benefit derived from the Lukashenko regime – Error of assessment)
OJ C, C/2024/4321, 15.7.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4321/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 C series |
C/2024/4321 |
15.7.2024 |
Judgment of the General Court of 29 May 2024 – Belavia v Council
(Case T-116/22) (1)
(Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures taken because of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine - Freezing of funds - Lists of persons, entities and bodies to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources applies - Registering and maintaining the applicant’s name on the lists - Organisation of activities of the Lukashenko regime facilitating the illegal crossing of the external borders of the European Union or contribution to those activities - Benefit derived from the Lukashenko regime - Error of assessment)
(C/2024/4321)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Belavia – Belarusian Airlines AAT (Minsk, Belarus) (represented by: N. Tuominen and M. Krestiyanova, lawyers)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: A. Boggio-Tomasaz and A. Antoniadis, acting as Agents)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment, first, of Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2021/2125 of 2 December 2021 implementing Decision 2012/642/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus (OJ 2021 L 430I, p. 16), and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2124 of 2 December 2021 implementing Article 8a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus (OJ 2021 L 430I, p. 1) (‘the initial acts’), and, second, of Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/421 of 24 February 2023 amending Decision 2012/642/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine (OJ 2023 L 61, p. 41), and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/419 of 24 February 2023 implementing Article 8a of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine (OJ 2023 L 61, p. 20) (‘the maintaining acts’), in so far as those acts concern it.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. |
Dismisses the action; |
2. |
Orders Belavia – Belarusian Airlines AAT to pay the costs, including those relating to the proceedings for interim measures. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4321/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)