Official Journal of the European Union

C series

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C/2024/3762

(Case T-234/22)

(Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures taken in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine - Freezing of funds - List of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources - Restrictions on entry into the territories of the Member States - List of persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictions on entry into the territories of the Member States - Inclusion and maintenance of the applicant’s name on the lists - Concept of ‘association’ - Article 2(1), in fine, of Decision 2014/145/CFSP - Article 3(1), in fine, of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 - Jurisdiction of the General Court - Obligation to state reasons - Error of assessment - Rights of the defence - Right to property and freedom to conduct a business - Freedom of movement - Proportionality)

(C/2024/3762)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Gulbakhor Ismailova (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) (represented by: J. Grand d’Esnon, C. Durrleman and S. Lescanne, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: B. Driessen and A. Vitro, acting as Agents)

Re:

By her action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment, first, of Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/329 of 25 February 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 50, p. 1) and Council Regulation (EU) 2022/330 of 25 February 2022 amending 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 51, p. 1) and, secondly, of Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/582 of 8 April 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 110, p. 55) and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/581 of 8 April 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 110, p. 3) and, after modification, 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 75I, p. 134) and 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 75I, p. 1), in so far as those acts concern her.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.Dismisses the action;

2.Orders Ms Gulbakhor Ismailova to pay the costs, including those relating to the interim proceedings.

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Language of the case: French.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3762/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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ECLI:EU:C:2025:140

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