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Case C-246/24, Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Frankfurt am Main (Export of cash to Russia): Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 30 April 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main – Germany) – Criminal proceedings against ZZ (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine – Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 – Article 5i(2)(a) – Prohibition on exporting euro-denominated banknotes – Exemption in case of export necessary for personal use – Banknotes intended to cover medical expenses)

OJ C, C/2025/3251, 24.6.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3251/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)

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3251/oj

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C/2025/3251

24.6.2025

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 30 April 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main – Germany) – Criminal proceedings against ZZ

(Case C-246/24,  (1) Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Frankfurt am Main (Export of cash to Russia))

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine - Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 - Article 5i(2)(a) - Prohibition on exporting euro-denominated banknotes - Exemption in case of export necessary for personal use - Banknotes intended to cover medical expenses)

(C/2025/3251)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main

Party in the main proceedings

Applicant: ZZ

Other party: Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Frankfurt am Main

Operative part of the judgment

Article 5i(2)(a) of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 of 31 July 2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine, as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/595 of 11 April 2022,

must be interpreted as meaning that the export by a person travelling to Russia of euro-denominated banknotes for the purposes of financing medical treatments which that person wishes to receive in that third country does not constitute an export necessary for the personal use of that person, within the meaning of that provision.


(1)  OJ C C/2024/4309.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3251/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)


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