Case T-1116/23: Judgment of the General Court of 10 September 2025 – Khudaverdyan 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 – Restrictions on entry into the territory of the Member States – List of persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictions on entry into the territory of the Member States – Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the lists – Obligation to state reasons – Right to effective judicial protection – Concept of businesspersons involved in economic sectors providing a substantial source of revenue to the Government of the Russian Federation – Article 2(1)(g) of Decision 2014/145/CFSP – Article 3(1)(g) of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 – Plea of illegality – Error of assessment – Principle of equal treatment and non-discrimination – Proportionality – Non-contractual liability)
Date: 2025-09-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Russo-Ukrainian issue, economic sanctions, entrepreneur, equal treatment, freezing of assets, international sanctions, natural person, principle of proportionality, right to an effective remedy








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C/2025/5449


20.10.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 10 September 2025 – Khudaverdyan v Council


(Case T-1116/23)
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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 - Restrictions on entry into the territory of the Member States - List of persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictions on entry into the territory of the Member States - Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the lists - Obligation to state reasons - Right to effective judicial protection - Concept of ‘businesspersons involved in economic sectors providing a substantial source of revenue to the Government of the Russian Federation’ - Article 2(1)(g) of Decision 2014/145/CFSP - Article 3(1)(g) of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 - Plea of illegality - Error of assessment - Principle of equal treatment and non-discrimination - Proportionality - Non-contractual liability)
(C/2025/5449)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Tigran Khudaverdyan (Moscow, Russia) (represented by: T. Bontinck, F. Bélot, A. Guillerme and M. Brésart, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: L. Vétillard and V. Piessevaux, acting as Agents)

Re:

By his action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks, in the first place, annulment, first, of 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 of 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), second, 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), and, third, 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) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ L, 2024/2455), in so far as those acts concern him and, in the second place, on the basis of Article 268 TFEU, compensation for the harm that he claims to have suffered as a result of the adoption of the contested 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 and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2455 of 12 September 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 Mr Tigran Khudaverdyan’s name was maintained on the list of persons, entities and bodies to whom those measures apply;










2.


Dismisses the remainder of the action;










3.


Orders Mr Khudaverdyan to bear two thirds of his costs and to pay two thirds of the costs incurred by the Council of the European Union;










4.


Orders the Council to bear one third of its costs and to pay one third of the costs incurred by Mr Khudaverdyan.






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            OJ C, C/2024/1870, 11.3.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5449/oj
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