Дело T-***/**: *****************, Съдебно решение от **.**.2023 г.

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... tegrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine – Freezing of funds – Inclusion of the applicant’s name on the lists of persons, entities and bodies concerned – Error of assessment – Concept of ‘leading businessperson’ – Proportionality)

In Case T‑270/22,

Dmitry Alexandrovich Pumpyanskiy, residing in Ekaterinburg (Russia), represented by G. Lansky, P. Goeth, A. Egger and E. Steiner, lawyers,

applicant,

v

Council of the European Union, represented by S. Van Overmeire, B. Driessen and V. Piessevaux, acting as Agents,

defendant,

THE GENERAL COURT (First Chamber),

composed of D. Spielmann, President, R. Mastroianni and T. Tóth (Rapporteur), Judges,

Registrar: M. Zwozdziak-Carbonne, Administrator,

having regard to the written part of the procedure,

further to the hearing on 25 April 2023,

gives the following,

Judgment

1. By his action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant, Mr Dmitry Alexandrovich Pumpyanskiy, seeks annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/397 of 9 March 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 80, p. 31; ‘the contested decision’), and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/396 of 9 March 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 80, p. 1; ‘the contested regulation’) (together, ‘the contested measures’), in so far as those measures include his name on the lists annexed thereto.

Background to the dispute

2. The applicant is a businessman of Russian ...