1. 

Actions for annulment — Jurisdiction of the EU judicature — Claim for a declaratory judgment — Inadmissibility

(Art. 263 TFEU)

(see para. 31)

2. 

Judicial proceedings — Decision replacing the contested decision during the proceedings — New factor — Extension of the initial pleadings

(Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 86(1))

(see paras 35, 36)

3. 

Actions for annulment — Interest in bringing proceedings — Interest to be assessed at the time at which an action is brought — Action brought against an act imposing restrictive measures on the applicant — Restrictive measures ending during the proceedings — Declaration that no need to adjudicate — Not permissible — Applicant maintaining an interest in obtaining recognition that the contested act unlawful

(Art. 263 TFEU; Council Decisions 2014/145/CFSP, 2015/432/CFSP and 2015/1524/CFSP; Council Regulations No 269/2014, No 2015/427 and No 2015/1514)

(see paras 43-45)

4. 

Acts of the institutions — Statement of reasons — Obligation — Scope — Restrictive measures taken against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Ukraine — Freezing of funds — Obligation to communicate the reasoning to the person concerned at the same time as the measure adversely affecting him or immediately thereafter — Correction of an error of reasoning during the proceedings before the Court — Not permissible

(Art. 296, second para., TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41(2); Council Decisions 2014/145/CFSP, 2015/432/CFSP, 2015/1524/CFSP and 2016/359/CFSP; Council Regulations No 269/2014, No 2015/427, No 2015/1514 and No 2016/353)

(see para. 54)

5. 

Acts of the institutions — Statement of reasons — Obligation — Scope — Restrictive measures taken against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Ukraine — Freezing of funds — Obligation to communicate the reasoning to the person concerned at the same time as the measure adversely affecting him or immediately thereafter — Limits — Safety of the Union and the Member States or conduct of their international relations — Decision falling within a context known to the person concerned, enabling him to understand the scope of the measure taken against him — Whether summary statement of reasons sufficient

(Art. 296, second para., TFEU; Council Decisions 2014/145/CFSP, 2015/432/CFSP, 2015/1524/CFSP and 2016/359/CFSP; Council Regulations No 269/2014, No 2015/427, No 2015/1514 and No 2016/353)

(see paras 55, 56)

6. 

Actions for annulment — Grounds — Lack of or inadequate statement of reasons — Separate ground from the one concerning substantive legality

(Arts 263 TFEU and 296 TFEU)

(see para. 61)

7. 

EU law — Principles — Rights of defence — Right to effective judicial protection — Restrictive measures taken against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Ukraine — Freezing of funds — Obligation to disclose individual and specific grounds for the decisions adopted — Scope

(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 41(2)(a), and 47; Council Decisions 2014/145/CFSP 2015/432/CFSP, 2015/1524/CFSP and 2016/359/CFSP; Council Regulations No 269/2014, No 2015/427, No 2015/1514 and No 2016/353)

(see paras 66-72)

8. 

EU law — Principles — Rights of defence — Restrictive measures taken against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Ukraine — Freezing of funds — Right of access to documents — Rights subject to an application in that behalf before the Council

(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41(2)(a); Council Decisions 2014/145/CFSP, 2015/432/CFSP, 2015/1524/CFSP and 2016/359/CFSP; Council Regulations No 269/2014, No 2015/427, No 2015/1514 and No 2016/353)

(see paras 80, 83)

9. 

Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken having regard to the situation in Ukraine — Freezing of funds of certain persons and entities having regard to the situation in Ukraine — Judicial review of the legality of the acts of the institutions — Scope — Observance of the principle of proportionality

(Arts 21 and 29 TEU; Art. 215 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47; Council Decisions 2014/145/CFSP, 2015/432/CFSP, 2015/1524/CFSP and 2016/359/CFSP; Council Regulations No 269/2014, No 2015/427, No 2015/1514 and No 2016/353)

(see paras 84, 95, 97-111, 116, 127)

10. 

European Union — Judicial review of the legality of the acts of the institutions — Restrictive measures taken having regard to the situation in Ukraine — Ambit of the review — Proof the measure well-founded — Obligation on the competent EU authority to establish, in the event of challenge, that the grounds held against the persons or entities concerned well-founded

(Art. 29 TEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47; Council Decisions 2014/145/CFSP, 2015/432/CFSP, 2015/1524/CFSP and 2016/359/CFSP; Council Regulations No 269/2014, No 2015/427, No 2015/1514 and No 2016/353)

(see paras 128, 151)

1. 

Dismisses the action;

2. 

Orders Joint-Stock Company ‘Almaz-Antey’ Air and Space Defence Corp. to pay the costs.