European Court says Venezuela has standing to challenge sanctions

The European Court of Justice has set aside the General Court’s judgment (T-65/18, 20 September 2019) that declared inadmissible Venezuela’s application to annul the EU’s Venezuela sanctions imposed by Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2063 (previous post). Case C-872/19 P. The Court held that the state of Venezuela can challenge those sanctions in the General Court because it: is a “legal person”; …