CELEX: 62014TA0290
Language: en
Date: 2015-10-26 00:00:00
Title: Case T-290/14: Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2015 — Portnov v Council (Common Foreign and Security Policy — Restrictive measures adopted in view of the situation in Ukraine — Freezing of funds — List of persons, entities and bodies covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources — Inclusion of the applicant’s name — Proof that inclusion on the list is well-founded)

21.12.2015   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 429/21
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2015 — Portnov v Council
   (Case T-290/14) (1)
   
   ((Common Foreign and Security Policy - Restrictive measures adopted in view of the situation in Ukraine - Freezing of funds - List of persons, entities and bodies covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources - Inclusion of the applicant’s name - Proof that inclusion on the list is well-founded))
   (2015/C 429/27)
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Andriy Portnov (Kiev, Ukraine) (represented by: M. Cessieux, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: V. Piessevaux and J. P. Hix, acting as Agents)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: D. Gauci and T. Scharf, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment of Council Regulation (EU) No 208/2014 of 5 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Ukraine (OJ 2014 L 66, p. 1) and Council Decision 2014/119/CFSP of 5 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Ukraine (OJ 2014 L 66, p. 26), in so far as the applicant’s name was included on the list of persons, entities and bodies covered by those restrictive measures.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls Council Decision 2014/119/CFSP of 5 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Ukraine and Council Regulation (EU) No 208/2014 of 5 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Ukraine in so far as they concern Andriy Portnov;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay those of Mr Portnov;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 194, 24.6.2014.