Opinion of Advocate General Wathelet delivered on 31 May 2016.

PJSC Rosneft Oil Company v Her Majesty's Treasury and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division (Divisional Court).#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) — Restrictive measures adopted in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine — Provisions of Decision 2014/512/CFSP and Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 — Validity — Jurisdiction of the Court — EU-Russia Partnership Agreement — Obligation to state reasons — Principles of legal certainty and nulla poena sine lege certa — Access to capital markets — Financial assistance — Global Depositary Receipts — Oil sector — Request for interpretation of concepts of ‘shale’ and ‘waters deeper than 150 metres’ — Inadmissibility.#Case C-72/15.
Opinion of Advocate General Wathelet delivered on 31 May 2016