Case C‑505/16 P

Olga Stanislavivna Yanukovych

v

Council of the European Union

(Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Restrictive measures taken having regard to the situation in Ukraine — List of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources — Inclusion of the applicant’s name — Modification of the form of order sought — Statement submitted in the name and on behalf of the deceased applicant)

Summary — Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber), 6 July 2017

1. Judicial proceedings—Pleas in the application—Modification in the course of proceedings—Statement submitted in the name and on behalf of the deceased applicant—Obligation on the part of the General Court to identify another applicant—None

2. Judicial proceedings—Pleas in the application—Modification in the course of proceedings—Assimilation to the bringing of an action by means of an application—Admissibility—Assessment by reference to the situation at the time the statement of modification was lodged

3. Appeal—Grounds—Ground directed against the General Court’s decision as to costs—Inadmissible where all other grounds are rejected

   (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, second para.)

1.  In the context of a statement of modification of the original form of order sought set out in the application initiating proceedings brought in the name of the deceased applicant, in so far as the statement of modification clearly mentions the identity of the person in whose name it was lodged, it is not for the General Court to identify another person as being the one in whose name it was lodged.

   (see paras 49, 50)

2.  See the text of the decision.

   (see para. 53)

3.  See the text of the decision.

   (see para. 58)