Case T-292/23: Order of the General Court of 3 July 2024 – UC Rusal 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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C/2024/4967


19.8.2024






Order of the General Court of 3 July 2024 – UC Rusal v Council


(Case T-292/23)
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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/2024/4967)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: United Company Rusal MKPAO (UC Rusal) (Kaliningrad, Russia) (represented by: N. Tuominen and L. Engelen, 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) 2023/1767 of 13 September 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 226, p. 104) and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1765 of 13 September 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 226, p. 3); and (iii) Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/847 of 12 March 2024 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ L 2024/847) and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/849 of 12 March 2024 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 L 2024/849), in so far as those acts state that Mr Oleg Deripaska is the applicant’s owner.

Operative part of the order







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The action is dismissed.










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United Company Rusal MKPAO (UC Rusal) shall pay the costs.






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            OJ C 252, 17.7.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4967/oj
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