Case T-723/20: Judgment of the General Court of 1 June 2022 — Prigozhin v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in Libya — Freezing of funds — List of persons and entities subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources — Restrictions on entry into and transit through the territory of the European Union — List of persons subject to restrictions on entry into and transit through the territory of the European Union — Initial inclusion and maintenance of the applicant’s name on the lists of persons concerned — Obligation to state reasons — Errors of assessment — Rights of the defence — Proportionality — Foreseeability of acts of the European Union)
Date: 2022-06-01
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Libya, common foreign and security policy, economic sanctions, freedom of movement, international sanctions, natural person, principle of proportionality, right to justice, rights of the defence








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25.7.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 284/28






Judgment of the General Court of 1 June 2022 — Prigozhin v Council
(Case T-723/20) (1)

(Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in Libya - Freezing of funds - List of persons and entities subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources - Restrictions on entry into and transit through the territory of the European Union - List of persons subject to restrictions on entry into and transit through the territory of the European Union - Initial inclusion and maintenance of the applicant’s name on the lists of persons concerned - Obligation to state reasons - Errors of assessment - Rights of the defence - Proportionality - Foreseeability of acts of the European Union)
(2022/C 284/34)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin (Saint-Petersburg, Russia) (represented by: M. Cessieux, lawyer)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M.C. Cadilhac and V. Piessevaux, acting as Agents)

Re:

By his action pursuant to Article 263 TFEU, the applicant, Mr Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin, a Russian national, seeks the annulment, first, of Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2020/1483 of 14 October 2020 implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya (OJ 2020 L 341, p. 16), and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1481 of 14 October 2020 implementing Article 21(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/44 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya (OJ 2020 L 341, p. 7), in so far his name was included in the lists of persons and entities set out in Annexes II and IV to Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 of 31 July 2015 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya, and repealing Decision 2011/137/CFSP (OJ 2015 L 206, p. 34), and Annex III to Council Regulation (EU) 2016/44 of 18 January 2016 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya and repealing Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 (OJ 2016 L 12, p. 1) (‘the lists in question’) and, secondly, after modification of the application, of Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/1251 of 29 July 2021 amending Decision 2015/1333 (OJ 2021 L 272, p. 71), and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1241 of 29 July 2021 implementing Article 21(2) of Regulation 2016/44 (OJ 2021 L 272, p. 1), in so far as his name was thereby maintained on the lists in question.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Mr Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 44, 8.2.2021.