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1.9.2014 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 292/39 |
Judgment of the General Court of 16 July 2014 — National Iranian Oil Company v Council
(Case T-578/12) (1)
((Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures adopted against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation - Freezing of funds - Action for annulment - Infra-State body - Standing to bring proceedings - Admissibility - Obligation to state reasons - Indication and choice of legal basis - Powers of the Council - Principle of foreseeability of European Union acts - Meaning of providing support to nuclear proliferation - Manifest error of assessment - Rights of the defence and right to effective judicial protection - Proportionality - Right to property))
2014/C 292/47
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: National Iranian Oil Company (Tehran, Iran) (represented by: J.-M. Thouvenin, lawyer)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: V. Piessevaux and M. Bishop, agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Aresu and M. Konstantinidis, agents)
Re:
Annulment of Council Decision 2012/635/CFSP of 15 October 2012 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2012 L 282, p. 58) and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 945/2012 of 15 October 2012 implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2012 L 282, p. 16).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders National Iranian Oil Company to bear its own costs and to pay the costs of the Council of the European Union; |
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Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs. |