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Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) v Council of the European Union (C-44/23 P)
Background to the dispute
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Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) v Council of the European Union (C-44/23 P)

law://eu/cjeu/2023/c-44-23/para_16@2026-11-12

Connections

Cited by 1: Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) v Council of the European Union (C-72/23 P)
Cites 21: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Treaty on European Union (consolidated 2016); Sky Österreich GmbH v Österreichischer Rundfunk (C-283/11); Stichting Al-Aqsa v Council of the European Union and Kingdom of the Netherlands v Stichting Al-Aqsa (C-539/10 P, C-550/10 P); Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (C-583/11 P); Council of the European Union v Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) (C599/14 P); Council of the European Union v Front populaire pour la libération de la saguia-el-hamra et du rio de oro (Front Polisario) (C-104/16 P); M.G. Tjebbes and Others v Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken (C-221/17); FT and Others v European Commission (C-518/21); European Commission and GMB Glasmanufaktur Brandenburg GmbH v Xinyi PV Products (Anhui) Holdings Ltd (C-884/19 P); Hamas v Council of the European Union (C-122/19); Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 790/2014 of 22 July 2014 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combatting terrorism, and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 125/2014; Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1325 of 31 July 2015 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/513; Council of the European Union v Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) (C-46/19 P); Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank) v Council of the European Union (C-731/18); Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism; Hamas v Council of the European Union (C-386/19); Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) v Council of the European Union (T-316/14); 2002/334/EC: Council Decision of 2 May 2002 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism and repealing Decision 2001/927/EC; A and Others v Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken (C-158/14)

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Seventh Chamber
Case: C-44/23 P · ECLI:EU:C:2025:181
Decided: 13 Mar 2025
Procedure: Action for annulment
Applicant: Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)
Defendant: Council of the European Union
Rapporteur: F. Biltgen
Advocate General: P. Pikamäe
Bench: 3 judges
F. Biltgen, M.L. Arastey Sahún, J. Passer
Language: English
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62023CJ0044

Topics

Common foreign and security policy

History · 1 version

13 Mar 2025Reading

Judgment of 13 Mar 2025

16Thus, the restrictive measures applied to the appellant were subsequently maintained by acts adopted between 2014 and 2020, namely, in particular:– Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 125/2014 of 10 February 2014 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 714/2013 (OJ 2014 L 40, p. 9) and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 790/2014 of 22 July 2014 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism, and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 125/2014 (OJ 2014 L 217, p. 1) (together, ‘the 2014 acts’);– Implementing Regulations 2015/513, 2015/1325, 2015/2425, 2016/1127, 2017/150 and 2017/1420 (together, ‘the 2015 to 2017 regulations’);– Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/521 of 26 March 2015 updating and amending the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, and repealing Decision 2014/483/CFSP (OJ 2015 L 82, p. 107), Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1334 of 31 July 2015 updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2015/521 (OJ 2015 L 206, p. 61) and Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/1426 of 4 August 2017 updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2017/154 (OJ 2017 L 204, p. 95) (together, ‘the 2015 to 2017 CFSP decisions’);– Decisions 2019/25 and 2019/1341;– Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1337 of 8 August 2019 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism, and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/24 (OJ 2019 L 209, p. 1);– Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/19 of 13 January 2020 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism, and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1337 (OJ 2020 L 8I, p. 1) and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1128 of 30 July 2020 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism, and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/19 (OJ 2020 L 247, p. 1);– Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1132 of 30 July 2020 updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2020/20 (OJ 2020 L 247, p. 18).

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.