Case T-255/15: Judgment of the General Court of 25 January 2017 — Almaz-Antey Air and Space Defence v Council (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 — Legal person supporting, materially or financially, actions which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine — Proportionality — Obligation to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Right to effective judicial protection — Fundamental rights — Manifest error of assessment)
Date: 2017-01-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Ukraine, common foreign and security policy, economic sanctions, fundamental rights, international sanctions, legal person, principle of proportionality, right to justice, rights of the defence, territorial law








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13.3.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 78/23





Judgment of the General Court of 25 January 2017 — Almaz-Antey Air and Space Defence v Council
(Case T-255/15) (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 - Legal person supporting, materially or financially, actions which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine - Proportionality - Obligation to state reasons - Rights of the defence - Right to effective judicial protection - Fundamental rights - Manifest error of assessment))
(2017/C 078/31)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Joint-Stock Company ‘Almaz-Antey’ Air and Space Defence Corp., formerly OAO Concern PVO Almaz-Antey (Moscow, Russia) (represented by: A. Haak, C. Stumpf, M. Brüggemann and B. Thiemann, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented initially by N. Rouam and J.-P. Hix, and subsequently by J.-P. Hix and P. Mahnič Bruni, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application, based on Article 263 TFEU, for annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/432 of 13 March 2015 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ 2015 L 70, p. 47), Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/427 of 13 March 2015 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 2015 L 70, p. 1), Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1524 of 14 September 2015 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ 2015 L 239, p. 157), Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1514 of 14 September 2015, 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 2015 L 239, p. 30), Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/359 of 10 March 2016 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ 2016 L 67, p. 37), Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/353 of 10 March 2016 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 2016 L 67, p. 1) and the Council’s letter of 31 July 2015, in so far as those measures concern the applicant and retain it on the list of entities subject to restrictive measures.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Joint-Stock Company ‘Almaz-Antey’ Air and Space Defence Corp. to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 294, 7.9.2015.