62023CO0564_SUM
Case C‑564/23 P(R)
Council of the European Union
v
Nikita Dmitrievich Mazepin
Order of the Vice-President of the Court of 28 September 2023
(Appeal – Interim relief – Restrictive measures taken having regard to the situation in Ukraine – Freezing of funds and economic resources – Maintenance of the name of a natural person on the list of persons, entities and bodies subject to those measures – Suspension of the process of ‘re-listing’ that person – Publication of a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union – Obligation to take measures on visas granted by Member States – Measures which may be adopted by the judge hearing the application for interim measures)
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Modification or setting aside – Condition – Change in circumstances – Scope – Retroactive annulment of the order set aside – None – Possibility for the judge hearing the application for interim measures to reconsider such an order solely for the future
(Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 159)
(see paragraphs 23-26)
Interim relief – Appeal – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Restrictive measures taken having regard to the situation in Ukraine – Council’s general competence to adopt measures circumscribing the application of measures adopted by way of the common foreign and security policy – Measures intended to encourage Member States to issue visas – None – Error of law – Annulment
(Arts 13(2) and 32 TEU; Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 810/2009; Council Decision 2014/145/PESC, as amended by Decision (CFSP) 2023/1218, Art. 1(1) and (7) and Annex; Council Regulations No 269/2014 and No 2023/571, Annex)
(see paragraphs 35-43, operative part 1)
Interim relief – Procedure – Whether desirable to hear the parties – Discretion of the judge hearing the application for interim measures – Criteria
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 39, first para., and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 160(7); Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 157(1) and (2))
(see paragraphs 56-60)
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Jurisdiction of the judge hearing the application for interim measures – Measures relating specifically to the contested measures or their effects – Scope – Restrictive measures taken having regard to the situation in Ukraine – Measures affecting the relisting process left to the Councils’ discretion – Not included
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 39, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(2); Council Decision 2014/145/PESC, as amended by Decision (CFSP) 2023/572, Annex; Council Regulations No 269/2014 and No 2023/571, Annex)
(see paragraphs 61-71)
Interim relief – Interim measures – Application seeking measures outside the context of the main dispute and requiring a prima facie assessment of matters foreign to it – Rejection
(Art. 279 TFEU; Council Decision 2014/145/PESC, as amended by Decision (CFSP) 2023/572, Annex; Council Regulations No 269/2014 and No 2023/571, Annex)
(see paragraphs 73, 75-77)
Interim relief – Interim measures – Power of the judge hearing the application for interim measures – Conditions for granting – Direct link with the decision forming the subject matter of the main action – None – Annulment
(Art. 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(2); Council Decision 2014/145/PESC, as amended by Decision (CFSP) 2023/572, Annex; Council Regulations No 269/2014 and No 2023/571, Annex)
(see paragraphs 74, 85-88, operative part 1)
Action for annulment – Judgment annulling a measure – Scope – Questioning of the validity of a measure subsequent to the annulled measure, but not having formed the subject matter of an action for annulment – None
(Arts 263, 278 and 279 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 79, 80)
Interim relief – Jurisdiction of the judge hearing the application for interim measures – Limits – Application for suspension of a measure not yet adopted – Not included
(Art. 279 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 81, 82)
See the text of the decision.