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Case T-176/12: Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2015 — Bank Tejarat v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Error of assessment)
Case T-176/12: Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2015 — Bank Tejarat v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Error of assessment)
Case T-176/12: Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2015 — Bank Tejarat v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Error of assessment)
IO C 81, 9.3.2015, p. 14–14
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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9.3.2015 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 81/14 |
Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2015 — Bank Tejarat v Council
(Case T-176/12) (1)
((Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation - Freezing of funds - Error of assessment))
(2015/C 081/17)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Bank Tejarat (Tehran, Iran) (represented by: S. Zaiwalla, P. Reddy, F. Zaiwalla and Z. Burbeza, Solicitors, D. Wyatt QC, and R. Blakeley, Barrister)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bishop and S. Cook, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for the annulment in part, with immediate effect, of Council Decision 2012/35/CFSP of 23 January 2012, amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2012 L 19, p. 22), of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 54/2012 of 23 January 2012 implementing Regulation (EU) No 961/2010 on restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2012 L 19, p. 1), of Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 of 23 March 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Regulation (EU) No 961/2010 (OJ 2012 L 88, p. 1) and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 709/2012 of 2 August 2012 implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 (OJ 2012 L 208, p. 2).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Annuls, in so far as they concern Bank Tejarat:
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Dismisses the remainder of the action; |
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Declares that the effects of Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP of 26 July 2010 on restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Common Position 2007/140/CFSP, as amended by Decision 2012/35, are maintained as regards Bank Tejarat until the annulment of Regulation No 267/2012 and Implementing Regulation No 709/2012 takes effect; |
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Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs. |