Case T-293/23: Order of the General Court of 3 July 2024 – EuroChem Group v Council (Action for annulment – Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures taken in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine – Freezing of funds and economic resources – List of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources – Reference to the applicant’s name in the grounds for including another person’s name on the list – No act adversely affecting the applicant – Inadmissibility)
Date: 2024-07-03
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian issue, Ukraine, economic sanctions, freezing of assets, international sanctions, legal person








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2024/4968


19.8.2024






Order of the General Court of 3 July 2024 – EuroChem Group v Council


(Case T-293/23)
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(Action for annulment - Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures taken in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine - Freezing of funds and economic resources - List of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources - Reference to the applicant’s name in the grounds for including another person’s name on the list - No act adversely affecting the applicant - Inadmissibility)
(C/2024/4968)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: EuroChem Group AG (Zug, Switzerland) (represented by: G. Forwood and J. Killic, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: A. Antoniadis and A. Boggio-Tomasaz, acting as Agents, and by E. Raoult, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of (i) 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) and 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); (ii) Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/811 of 13 April 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) and 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), in so far as those acts mention the applicant’s name in the grounds thereof; and (iii) all decisions and all implementing regulations of the Council of the European Union subsequent to the March 2023 acts and the April 2023 acts in so far as they concern the applicant.

Operative part of the order







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The action is dismissed.










2.


There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the applications for leave to intervene made by the Republic of Estonia and by Mr Andrey Melnichenko and Mrs Aleksandra Melnichenko.










3.


EuroChem Group AG shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union.










4.


The Republic of Estonia and Mr and Mrs Melnichenko shall bear their own costs.






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            OJ C 252, 17.7.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4968/oj
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