Judgment_paragraph 43 · Andriy Klyuyev v Council of the European Union (T-340/14)

43Irrespective of the stage reached in the proceedings to which the applicant was deemed to be subject, the Council could not adopt restrictive measures against him without knowing the acts of misappropriation of public funds which the Ukrainian authorities specifically alleged that he had committed. Only with knowledge of such acts would the Council have been in a position to determine that they were capable, first, of being classified as misappropriation of State funds and, secondly, of undermining the rule of law in Ukraine, the consolidation and support of which, as recalled in paragraph 37 above, constitutes the objective pursued by the adoption of the restrictive measures at issue (judgments of 28 January 2016, Klyuyev v Council, T‑341/14, EU:T:2016:47, paragraph 50, and of 28 January 2016, Azarov v Council, T‑331/14, EU:T:2016:49, paragraph 55).