Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2023:491
Date: 2023-09-06
Language of the case: English
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: External relations;Common foreign and security policy
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 6 September 2023 –Pumpyanskaya v Council (Case T-272/22) 1 (Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine – Freezing of funds – Inclusion of the applicant’s name on the lists of persons, entities and bodies concerned – Error of assessment – Concept of ‘association’ – Proportionality) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Galina Evgenyevna Pumpyanskaya (Ekaterinburg, Russia) (represented by: G. Lansky, P. Goeth, A. Egger and E. Steiner, lawyers) Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: S. Van Overmeire and B. Driessen, acting as Agents) Re: By her action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/397 of 9 March 2022 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ 2022 L 80, p. 31), and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/396 of 9 March 2022 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ 2022 L 80, p. 1), in so far as those measures include her name on the lists annexed thereto. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Ms Galina Evgenyevna Pumpyanskaya to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 257, 4.7.2022