(AGENPARL) – mer 27 luglio 2022 ��Communications Directorate
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Council Decision
) 2022/351
of 1 March 2022
amending Decision 2014/512/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions
destabilising the situation in Ukraine
2022 L 65, p. 5)
and Council Reg
ulation (EU)
2022/350
of 1 March 2022 amending Regulation (EU) No
833/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine
2022, L 65, p. 1).
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implementation of the temporary
prohibition
RT Group, and in particular RT France,
broadcasts
throughout the
territory of the European Union can be better realised at
level
than at national level.
The General Court
therefore dismisses
as unfounded
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of information concerning the ongoing war, in compliance with the principles
‘duties and respons
bilities’ of
audiovisual media outlets
General
Court finds that, bearing in mind the extraordinary context of the case, the
circumstances are sufficient to establish that
the limitations on RT France’s freedom of
expression
which the
restrictive measures at issue are liable to
are propo
rtionate
inasmuch as they are appropriate and
necessary, to the
aims pursued
The Court also finds that those measures
do not disproportionately infringe
the essential content of RT France’s freedom to conduct a business
since they are
temporary and rever
sible
stly, in so far as concerns the alleged infringement of
principle of non
discrimination on grounds of
nationality
, the
General
Court observes that the difference in treatment on which RT France relies does not fall
within the scope of the Cha
rter
of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
and, besides, RT France has failed to
identify any other category of persons
who would have been treated more favourably when in a situation
comparable to its own, namely being under the direct or indirect c
ontrol of the leadership of the Russian
Federation.
In the light of those considerations, the
General
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