ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIRST CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
30 April 2024(*)
(Removal from the Register)
In Case T-522/22,
QU, represented by V. Ostrovskis, P. Goeth, W. Julié, G. Lansky and A. Beauchemin , lawyers,
applicant,
v
Council of the European Union, represented by B. Driessen, J. Rurarz, acting as Agents and by B. Maingain, A. Vandevelde, lawyers,
defendant,
1 By action brought pursuant to Article 263 TFEU, the applicant, QU, seeks the annulment, firstly, of Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/883 of 3 June 2022 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ 2022 L 153, p. 92) and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/878 of 3 June 2022 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 2022 L 153, p. 15), secondly, of Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/1530 of 14 September 2022 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ 2022 L 239, p. 149) and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1529 of 14 September 2022 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 2022 L 239, p. 1), thirdly, of Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/572 of 13 March 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 75 I, p. 134) and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/571 of 13 March 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 75 I, p. 1) and, fourthly, 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), in so far as those acts concern the applicant.
2 By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 20 March 2024, the applicant informed the Court, in accordance with Article 125 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, of the intention to discontinue proceedings.
3 By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 29 March 2024, the defendant informed the Court that it had no objection to the discontinuance of the proceedings. It requested, pursuant to Article 136(1) of the Rules of Procedure, that the applicant be ordered to bear the costs.
4 Article 136(1) of the Rules of Procedure provides that a party who discontinues or withdraws from proceedings is to be ordered to pay the costs if they have been applied for in the other party’s observations on the discontinuance.
5 The case shall therefore be removed from the Register and the applicant ordered to pay the costs.
On those grounds,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIRST CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
hereby orders:
1. Case T-522/22 is removed from the Register of the General Court.
2. QU shall pay the costs.
Luxembourg, 30 April 2024.