Case T-774/25: Action brought on 10 November 2025 – Khudaverdyan v Council
Date: 2025-11-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Russo-Ukrainian issue, Ukraine, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, rights of the defence








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C/2025/6658


22.12.2025






Action brought on 10 November 2025 – Khudaverdyan v Council


(Case T-774/25)

(C/2025/6658)
Language of the case: French

Parties


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

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Form of order sought

The applicant claims the Court should:






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annul Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1895 of 12 September 2025 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine in so far as it maintains the applicant’s name in the list of persons set out in the annex to that decision;










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annul Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1894 of 12 September 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, in so far as it maintains the applicant’s name in the list of persons set out in Annex I to that regulation;










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order the Council to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on four pleas in law.






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First plea in law, alleging an error of assessment on the part of the Council.










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By his first plea in law, the applicant submits that the contested acts are in all respects identical to the acts annulled in the judgment of 10 September 2025, Khudaverdyan v Council (T-1116/23, not published, EU:T:2025:840). The contested acts are indeed based on the same grounds and the same facts. They furthermore have the same legal basis, namely, the criterion laid down in Article 2(1)(a) of Decision 2014/145 and Article 3(1)(a) of Regulation No 269/2014 (‘criterion a’), the criterion laid down in Article 2(1)(f) of Decision 2014/145 and Article 3(1)(f) of Regulation No 269/2014 (‘criterion f’) and, finally, the first and third limbs of Article 2(1)(g) of Decision 2014/145 and Article 3(1)(g) of Regulation No 269/2014 (‘criterion g’). Therefore, the contested acts must be annulled on the same grounds as those set out in the judgment of the General Court in Case T-1116/23.










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The applicant furthermore explains why the Council, in any case, erred in its assessment when adopting the contested acts against the applicant.










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Second plea in law, alleging failure to implement the judgment of the General Court in Case T-1116/23 and breach of the principle of sound administration.










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In its second plea in law, the applicant submits that, by adopting the contested acts, the Council failed to fulfil its obligation to comply with the judgment of the General Court in Case T-1116/23 as it did not, as required by the first paragraph of Article 266 TFEU and Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, take into account the findings of illegality made in the judgment of the General Court in Case T-1116/23.










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Third plea in law, relying on the rights of the defence.










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In its third plea in law, the applicant submits that if the Council were seeking to rely, in support of the contested acts, on an article to which it referred only in the letter notifying the contested acts to the applicant, it would infringe the rights of the defence and the applicant’s right to be heard.










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Fourth plea in law, alleging undue interference with the applicant’s fundamental rights.










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In its fourth plea in law, the applicant submits that the Council infringed the applicant’s right to effective judicial protection as enshrined in Article 14 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Article 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6658/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)