The EU Court annulled the decision on sanctions against Azarov

The decision was canceled, as the court found that the EU Council did not control guaranteeing Azarov’s right to judicial protection.

The EU Court annulled the decision to impose sanctions on Mykola Azarov. This is stated in the judicial decision of December 16, published on Thursday, December 24.

The European Court considered the complaint of the former prime minister’s lawyers against the decision of the EU Council of March 4, 2019 to leave him on the list of people against whom sanctions were imposed. Therefore, the court ruled that the EU Council did not monitor the application of the Ukrainian judicial system of Azarov’s right to defense and the right to effective judicial protection in criminal proceedings.

“It follows that by deciding to keep the plaintiff’s name on the list, the Council of the European Union erred in judgment. In these circumstances, the contested actions should be annulled insofar as they relate to the plaintiff, without having to consider your request for measures to organize the procedure “, – said in the decision.

In this regard, the court suspended the EU decision to impose sanctions on Azarov. Legal costs must be paid by the Council of the European Union.

It was previously reported that the EU lifted the sanctions adopted before 2018 against Yanukovych and six people from his entourage.

Before that, the GPU had warned that the European Court of Justice might soon decide to lift sanctions against Yanukovych and his entourage.

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