Case T-493/23: Judgment of the General Court of 18 December 2024 – Tauber v Council (Common Foreign and Security Policy – Restrictive measures taken in view of actions destabilising Moldova – Freezing of funds – Restrictions on entry into the territories of the Member States – Lists of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and to restrictions on entry into the territories of the Member States – Inclusion and maintenance of the applicant’s name on the lists – Planning and directing violent demonstrations – Article 1(1)9a)(ii) and Article 2(1)(a)(ii) of Decision (CFSP) 2023/891 and Article 2(3)(a)(ii) of Regulation (EU) 2023/888 – Obligation to state reasons – Plea of illegality – Error of assessment – Freedom to conduct a business – Right to property – Non-contractual liability)
Date: 2024-12-18
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Moldova, economic sanctions, freezing of assets, indemnification, international sanctions, natural person, protest, removal, right to property








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C/2025/1424


10.3.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 18 December 2024 – Tauber v Council


(Case T-493/23)
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(Common Foreign and Security Policy - Restrictive measures taken in view of actions destabilising Moldova - Freezing of funds - Restrictions on entry into the territories of the Member States - Lists of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and to restrictions on entry into the territories of the Member States - Inclusion and maintenance of the applicant’s name on the lists - Planning and directing violent demonstrations - Article 1(1)9a)(ii) and Article 2(1)(a)(ii) of Decision (CFSP) 2023/891 and Article 2(3)(a)(ii) of Regulation (EU) 2023/888 - Obligation to state reasons - Plea of illegality - Error of assessment - Freedom to conduct a business - Right to property - Non-contractual liability)
(C/2025/1424)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Marina Tauber (Chișinău, Moldova) (represented by: T. Bontinck, L. Marchal, lawyers, and C. Zatschler, Senior Counsel)

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

Intervener in support of the defendants: European Commission (represented by: M. Carpus Carcea, L. Baumgart and T. Baumé, acting as Agents)

Re:

By her action, the applicant seeks, first, under Article 263 TFUE, annulment, in the first place, of Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1047 of 30 May 2023 amending Decision (CFSP) 2023/891 concerning restrictive measures in view of actions destabilising the Republic of Moldova (OJ 2023 L 140 I, p. 9) and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1045 of 30 May 2023 implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/888 concerning restrictive measures in view of actions destabilising the Republic of Moldova (OJ 2023 L 140 I, p. 1); in the second place, of Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/1244 of 26 April 2024, amending Decision (CFSP) 2023/891 concerning restrictive measures in view of actions destabilising the Republic of Moldova (OJ L, 2024/1242), and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1243 of 26 April 2024 implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/888 concerning restrictive measures in view of actions destabilising the Republic of Moldova (OJ L, 2024/1243), in so far as those acts concern the applicant and, secondly, under Article 268 TFEU, compensation for the non-material damage which she claims to have suffered as a result of the adoption of the initial acts.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






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Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Ms Marina Tauber to bear her own costs and to pay those of the Council of the European Union;










3.


Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.






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            OJ C C/2023/60, 9.10.2023.


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