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Case C-134/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2020 — Bank Refah Kargaran v Council of the European Union, European Commission (Appeal — Common foreign and security policy (CFSP) — Article 29 TEU — Article 215 TFEU — Restrictive measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran to prevent nuclear proliferation — Harm allegedly suffered by the appellant as a result of its name being included and maintained on the list of persons and entities covered by the freezing of financial funds and resources — Action for damages — Jurisdiction of the Court to hear and determine an action for damages for the harm allegedly caused by restrictive measures taken in decisions adopted pursuant to the CFSP — Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law intended to confer rights on individuals — Inadequate statement of reasons for legal acts imposing restrictive measures)

OJ C 414, 30.11.2020, p. 3–4 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

30.11.2020   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 414/3


Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2020 — Bank Refah Kargaran v Council of the European Union, European Commission

(Case C-134/19 P) (1)

(Appeal - Common foreign and security policy (CFSP) - Article 29 TEU - Article 215 TFEU - Restrictive measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran to prevent nuclear proliferation - Harm allegedly suffered by the appellant as a result of its name being included and maintained on the list of persons and entities covered by the freezing of financial funds and resources - Action for damages - Jurisdiction of the Court to hear and determine an action for damages for the harm allegedly caused by restrictive measures taken in decisions adopted pursuant to the CFSP - Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law intended to confer rights on individuals - Inadequate statement of reasons for legal acts imposing restrictive measures)

(2020/C 414/03)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Appellant: Bank Refah Kargaran (represented by: J.-M. Thouvenin and I. Boubaker, lawyers)

Other parties to the proceedings: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bishop and V. Piessevaux, acting as Agents), European Commission (represented initially by: R. Tricot, C. Zadra and A. Tizzano, and subsequently by L. Gussetti, A. Bouquet, R. Tricot and J. Roberti di Sarsina, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the appeal;

2.

Orders Bank Refah Kargaran to pay, in addition to its own costs, the costs incurred by the Council of the European Union;

3.

Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.


(1)  OJ C 172, 20.5.2019.


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