Case T-604/24: Judgment of the General Court of 3 September 2025 – Boguslayev v Council (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 – 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 breach of the presumption of innocence – Non-material harm – Reality of the damage)
Date: 2025-09-03
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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C/2025/5462


20.10.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 3 September 2025 – Boguslayev v Council


(Case T-604/24)
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(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 - 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 breach of the presumption of innocence - Non-material harm - Reality of the damage)
(C/2025/5462)
Language of the case: French

Parties


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

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

Re:

By his action, the applicant seeks, on the one hand, on the basis of Article 263 TFEU, the annulment, in the first place, of Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/2456 of 12 September 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, 2024/2456), and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2455 of 12 September 2024 implementing Regulation (EU) 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ L, 2024/2455), and, in the second place, of Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/528 of 14 March 2025 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, 2025/528), and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/527 of 14 March 2025 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, 2025/527), in so far as those acts concern him, and, on the other hand, on the basis of Article 268 TFEU, compensation for the harm that he has allegedly suffered as a result of the adoption of those acts.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/2456 of 12 September 2024 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2455 of 12 September 2024 implementing Regulation (EU) 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine; Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/528 of 14 March 2025 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) 2025/527 of 14 March 2025 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine to the extent that Mr Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Boguslayev’s name has been maintained on the list of persons, entities and bodies subject to those restrictive measures;










2.


Maintains the effects of Decision 2025/528 in respect of Mr Boguslayev until the date of expiry of the period for appeal referred to in the first paragraph of Article 56 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union or, should an appeal be brought within that period, until the possible dismissal of the appeal;










3.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










4.


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/2025/578 of 3.2.2025.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5462/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)