Information;Order — ECLI:EU:T:2025:807
Date: 2025-08-22
Language of the case: English
Court formation: First Chamber
Procedure: Action for annulment

Order of the General Court of 22 August 2025 – EV and Others v Council (Case T-446/24) 1 (Action for annulment – Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures adopted in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine – Prohibition on providing access to ports and locks in the territory of the European Union to any vessel registered under the flag of Russia, including replicas of historical ships – Article 4ha(3)(a) of Decision 2014/512/CFSP – Lack of jurisdiction of the General Court – Article 3ea(3)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 – No interest in bringing proceedings – Inadmissibility) Language of the case: English Parties Applicants: EV, EW and EY (represented by: H. over de Linden, lawyer) Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: V. Piessevaux and E. Nadbath, acting as Agents) Re: By their action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment of Article 4ha(3)(a) of Council Decision 2014/512/CFSP of 31 July 2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine (OJ 2014 L 229, p. 13), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/1744 of 24 June 2024 (OJ L, 2024/1744), and of Article 3ea(3)(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 (OJ 2014 L 229, p. 1), as amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1745 of 24 June 2024 (OJ L, 2024/1745), in that the words ‘including replicas of historical ships’ were added to the provisions at issue. Operative part of the order The action is dismissed in part as having been brought before a court which has no jurisdiction to rule on it and in part as inadmissible. There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the application for leave to intervene by the European Commission. EV, EW and EY shall bear their own costs and pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union, including those relating to the interim proceedings. The European Commission shall bear its own costs relating to the application for leave to intervene. ____________ 1 OJ C, C/2024/5849, 7.10.2024.