ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIRST CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
19 September 2023(*)
(Intervention — Dismissal — Application lodged after the expiry of the time‑limit provided for in the Rules of procedure)
In Case T-293/23,
EuroChem Group AG,
established in Zug (Switzerland), represented by N. Tuominen and M. Krestiyanova, lawyers,
applicant,
v
Council of the European Union,
represented by A. Antoniadis and A. Boggio-Tomasaz, acting as Agents, and E. Raoult, lawyer,
defendant,
1        By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant, EuroChem Group AG, seeks partial annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/572 of 13 March 2023 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ 2023 L 75I, p. 134), Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/571 of 13 March 2023 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 2023 L 75I, p. 1), Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/806 of 13 April 2023 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 2023 L 101, p. 1), Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/811 of 13April 2023 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ 2023 L 101, p. 67) any subsequent Council Decision and Council Implementing Regulation amending or annulling these acts insofar as they incorrectly associate the applicant to Mr and Mrs Melnichenko, Mr Rashevsky or to certain alleged activities.
2        By document lodged at the Court Registry on 8 September 2023, EuroChem Agro SpA applied for leave to intervene in the present proceedings in support of the form of order sought by the applicant.
3        In accordance with Article 143(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, an application for leave to intervene must be submitted within six weeks of the publication of the notice referred to in Article 79 thereof.
4        In the present case, the notice in the Official Journal of the European Union referred to in Article 79 of the Rules of Procedure having been published on 17 July 2023, the application for leave to intervene was made after the expiry of the time‑limit of six weeks referred to in Article 143(1) of the Rules of Procedure, as extended on the account of distance under Article 60 thereof.
5        The application for leave to intervene must therefore be dismissed without being served on the parties.
Costs
6        Under Article 144(6) of the Rules of Procedure, if the application for leave to intervene is refused, the order must include a decision as to the costs relating to the application for leave to intervene, including the costs of the applicant for leave to intervene, pursuant to Articles 134 and 135.
7        As the present order was adopted prior to service of the application for leave to intervene on the parties and before the latter could have incurred costs, it is sufficient to decide that the applicant for leave to intervene must bear their own costs.
On those grounds,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIRST CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
hereby orders:
1.      The application for leave to intervene in Case T‑293/23 lodged by EuroChem Agro SpA is dismissed.
2.      EuroChem Agro shall bear its own costs.
Luxembourg, 19 September 2023.
V. Di Bucci
D. Spielmann
Registrar
President
* Language of the case: English.