ORDER OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL COURT

14 August 2026 (*)

( Interim relief – Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures taken in view of the military aggression against Ukraine – No need to adjudicate )

In Case T‑410/26 R,

UM, represented by S. Dimitrov, A. Mileva and I. Nikolova, lawyers,

applicant,

v

Council of the European Union, represented by B. Driessen, acting as Agent,

defendant,

THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL COURT

makes the following

Order

1        By its application under Articles 278 and 279 TFEU, the applicant, UM, seeks suspension of the operation of Council Decision (CFSP) 2026/508 of 23 April 2026 amending Decision 2014/512/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine (OJ L, 2026/508) and of Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506 of 23 April 2026 amending Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine (OJ L, 2026/506) (together, ‘the contested acts’), in so far as those acts concern it.

2        By the contested acts, the applicant’s name was included, with effect from 14 May 2026, in the lists of legal persons, entities or bodies subject to the restrictive measures set out in Annex XVIII to Decision 2014/512/CFSP, as amended, and in Annex XLIV to Regulation (EU) No 833/2014, as amended (together, ‘the lists at issue’).

3        By application lodged at the Registry of the General Court on 1 July 2026, the applicant brought an action for annulment of the contested acts.

4        By separate document, lodged at the Court Registry on 3 July 2026, the applicant submitted the present application for interim relief.

5        In its observations on the application for interim relief, lodged at the Court Registry on 16 July 2026, the Council contended that the judge hearing the application for interim relief should dismiss that application and order the applicant to pay the costs.

6        On 23 July 2026, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2026/1849 amending Decision 2014/512/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine (OJ L, 2026/1849) and Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1848 amending Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine (OJ L, 2026/1848) (together, ‘the amending acts’).

7        By the amending acts, the Council deleted the applicant’s name from the lists at issue.

8        By separate document, lodged at the Court Registry on 24 July 2026, the Council informed the judge hearing the application for interim relief of the publication of the amending acts. The Council added that, in the light of this development, the application for interim relief had become devoid of purpose and that there was no longer any need to adjudicate on that application.

9        In its observations on the Council’s application for a declaration that the application for interim relief has become devoid of purpose, which were lodged at the Court Registry on 28 July 2026, the applicant concurred with the Council that there was no longer any need to adjudicate on the application for interim relief.

10      Under Article 130(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, a party may apply to the Court for a declaration that the action has become devoid of purpose and that there is no longer any need to adjudicate on it.

11      In the present case, it must be held that the publication of the amending acts, by which the applicant’s name has been deleted from the lists at issue, renders the present application for interim relief devoid of purpose and that there is no longer any need to adjudicate on it.

12      Article 158(5) of the Rules of Procedure provides that, in the order closing the proceedings for interim relief, costs shall be reserved until the decision of the General Court on the substance of the case.

On those grounds,

THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL COURT

hereby orders:

1.      There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the application for interim relief.

2.      The costs are reserved.

Luxembourg, 14 August 2026.

*      Language of the case: English.