Action brought on 24 November 2022 – Kozitsyn v Council
(Case T-731/22)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Andrey Anatolyevich Kozitsyn (Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Russia) (represented by: J. Grand d’Esnon, lawyer)
Defendant: Council of the European Union
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
annul Council Decision (CFSP) No 2022/1530 of 14 September 2022, 1 in so far as it concerns Mr Kozitsyn, and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2022/1529 of 14 September 2022, 2 in so far as it concerns Mr Kozitsyn;
and thereby
declare Article 2(1)(g) of Council Decision No 2014/145/CFSP and Article 3(1)(g) of Council Regulation (EU) 269/2014 to be unlawful and
disapply those provisions by way of a plea of illegality or, at the very least, declare that those provisions were illegally applied to Mr Kozitsyn;
in any event,
order the Council of the European Union to pay the costs pursuant to Article 140(b) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court.
Pleas in law and main arguments
In support of the action, the applicant relies on eight pleas in law, which are, in essence, identical or similar to those raised in Case T-234/22, Ismailova v Council.
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1 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).
1 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).