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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)

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:

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;

Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay those of Mr Portnov;

Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.

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1 OJ C 194, 24.6.2014.