Case T-297/24: Judgment of the General Court of 4 June 2025 – Boguslayev v Council (Common Foreign and Security Policy – Restrictive measures taken in respect of actions compromising or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine – Freezing of funds – List of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources – Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the list – Error of assessment – Non-contractual liability – Damage to reputation and the presumption of innocence – Non-material damage – Reality of the damage)
Date: 2025-06-04
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian issue, Ukraine, damages, economic sanctions, freezing of assets, international sanctions, natural person, presumption of innocence








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/3901


21.7.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 4 June 2025 – Boguslayev v Council


(Case T-297/24)
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(Common Foreign and Security Policy - Restrictive measures taken in respect of actions compromising or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine - Freezing of funds - List of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources - Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the list - Error of assessment - Non-contractual liability - Damage to reputation and the presumption of innocence - Non-material damage - Reality of the damage)
(C/2025/3901)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Boguslayev (Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine) (represented by: S. Bonifassi, E. Fedorova and J. Bastien, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Di Gaetano, D. Laurent and S. Lejeune, acting as Agents)

Re:

By his action, the applicant seeks, first, on the basis of Article 263 TFEU, the annulment of 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 of 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 measures concern him, and, second, on the basis of Article 268 TFEU, compensation for the damage he allegedly suffered as a result of the adoption of those measures.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls 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 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, in so far as the name of Mr Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Boguslayev was maintained on the list of persons, entities and bodies subject to those restrictive measures;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Mr Boguslayev.






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            OJ C, C/2024/4734, 5.8.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3901/oj
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