Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:C:2020:500
Date: 2020-06-25
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: External relations;Common foreign and security policy
Procedure: Action for annulment;Appeal - unfounded

summary statement of reasons sufficient (Art. 296, second para. TFEU, Council Decision 2014/512/CFSP, as amended by Decision 2014/659/CFSP; Council Regulation No 833/2014, as amended by Regulation No 960/2014) (see paras 35-37, 41, 42) 2. EU law – Principles – Rights of defence – Right to effective judicial protection – Restrictive measures taken having regard to the situation in Ukraine – Restrictions on access to the EU capital market – Obligation to disclose incriminating evidence – Scope – Unlawfulness of the act depending on proving the procedural relevance of the infringement of that obligation –No effect in the present case (Art. 275, second para. TFEU; Council Decision 2014/512/CFSP, as amended by Decision 2014/659/CFSP; Council Regulation No 833/2014, as amended by Regulation No 960/2014) (see paras 73, 74) 3. Appeal – Grounds – Error of law relied on not identified – Inadmissibility (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 168(1)(d) and 169(2)) (see para. 82) 4. Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures taken having regard to the situation in Ukraine – Freezing of funds of certain persons and entities having regard to the situation in Ukraine – Restriction of the right to property – No breach of principle of proportionality (Council Decision 2014/512/CFSP, as amended by Decision 2014/659/CFSP; Council Regulation No 833/2014, as amended by Regulation No 960/2014) (see paras 84-89) Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders the Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank) to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union; 3. Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs. 1 OJ C 65, 18.2.2019.