29.10.2018
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 392/18
Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2018 — PSC Prominvestbank v Council
(Case T-739/14) (1)
((Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures adopted in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine - Inclusion of the name of the entity owning the applicant in the list of entities to which the restrictive measures apply - Obligation to state reasons - Manifest error of assessment - Right to effective judicial protection - Misuse of powers - Right to property - Freedom to conduct a business - Equal treatment))
(2018/C 392/21)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: PSC Prominvestbank, Joint-Stock Commercial Industrial & Investment Bank (Kiev, Ukraine) (represented by: J.M. Viñals Camallonga, J.L. Iriarte Ángel and L. Barriola Urruticoechea, lawyers)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: initially A. de Elera-San Miguel Hurtado and F. Florindo Gijón, and subsequently F. Florindo Gijón, P. Mahnič Bruni and H. Marcos Fraile, Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre, D. Gauci and S. Pardo Quintillán, Agents)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment in part of Council Decision 2014/512/CFSP of 31 July 2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine (OJ 2014 L 229, p. 13), as amended by Council Decision 2014/659/CFSP of 8 September 2014, amending Decision 2014/512 (OJ 2014 L 271, p. 54), and of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 of 31 July 2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine (OJ 2014 L 229, p. 1), as amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 960/2014 of 8 September 2014, amending Regulation No 833/2014 (OJ 2014 L 271, p. 3), in so far as those acts concern the applicant.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders PSC Prominvestbank, Joint-Stock Commercial Industrial & Investment Bank to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union;
3.
Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.
(1) OJ C 7, 12.1.2015.
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