FACTBOX: What is known about Hungary's lawsuit against EU ban on Russian gas supplies

BUDAPEST, February 2. /TASS/. Hungary has filed a lawsuit in the European Court of Justice against the EU's ban on energy supplies from Russia, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said.

TASS has collected the key facts about the agreement.

- Hungary has filed a lawsuit in the European Court of Justice against the ban on energy supplies from Russia, Szijjarto said.

- The decision by the Council of the EU to ban Russian gas has come into force, he noted, adding that the Hungarian government, as planned, immediately filed a lawsuit with the EU Court of Justice demanding its annulment.

- The minister explained that the Council of the EU had no right to adopt such a decision by majority vote, rather than by consensus, since it was sanction-based.