Judicial control over alleged breaches of fundamental rights in the implementation of Eulex Kosovo and the Advocate General’s Opinion Ćapeta in Joined Cases C-29/22 P and C-44/22 P Antje Kunst

This article was first published to EU Law Analysis here: https://eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/11/judicial-control-over-alleged-breaches.html?m=1. Advocate General (‘AG’) Ćapeta delivered her Opinion in Joined Cases C-29/22 P and C-44/22, KS and KD, on 23 November…

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The case of OT under the EU Russian sanctions framework and the CJEU’s judgment of 15 November 2023

On Wednesday, 15 November 2023 the EU General Court dismissed again a listingchallenge under the EU Russian sanctions framework by a Russian businessman, ‘OT’¹ .The First Chamber ruled in extended…

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Judicial review for contracted staff working for EU Special Representatives in third states, despite no evident route for obtaining judicial review: The first judgment in Stockdale v Council and Others

IntroductionOn 26 July 2023, the Seventh Chamber of the General Court rendered a judgment in Case T-776/20 Stockdale v Council and Others¹,  which many might not have noticed. It has…

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Leading businesspersons and their family members under the Russian sanctions framework and the CJEU’s case law

In the last two weeks, the EU General Court upheld one application and dismissed seven others made by Russian businessmen and businesswomen against the sanctions imposed on them in March…

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The risk of circumvention of EU sanctions through the immediate family of leading businesspersons and the CJEU’s case law #2

This article was first published in EU Law Analysis on 2 August, 2023The inclusion of family members in the categories of persons covered by EU targeted sanctions against Russia has…

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The relevance of time and the necessity of up-to-date arguments of the EU for the imposition of sanctions: The El-Qaddafi Case

On 20 April 2023, in Council v El-Qaddafi (C-413/21 P) the European Court of Justice (‘the ECJ’) dismissed the appeal brought by the Council of the European Union (‘the Council’)…

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