Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Seventh Chamber) of 23 October 2008.

People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran v Council of the European Union.

Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism - Freezing of funds - Actions for annulment - Rights of the defence - Statement of reasons - Judicial review.

Case T-256/07.



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
06/12/2008 People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran v Council
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2008:461
23/10/2008 People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran v Council
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:T:2008:461
23/10/2008 People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran v Council
Order
ECLI:EU:T:2008:42
14/02/2008 People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran v Council
Application (OJ)
08/09/2007 People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran v Council
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

2008 II-03019

Subject-matter

Partial annulment of Council Decision 2007/445/EC of 28 June 2007 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism and repealing Decisions 2006/379/EC and 2006/1008/EC (OJ 2007 L 169, p. 58)

Systematic classification scheme

1.
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-19 Legal proceedings
    B-19.08 Procedural rules
      B-19.08.01 Admissibility and examination of applications, forms of order sought and pleas in law
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-20 Acts of the institutions
    B-20.00 General
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-19 Legal proceedings
    B-19.02 Actions for annulment
      B-19.02.05 Effects of a declaration that a measure is void
G European Union
  G-02 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    G-02.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      G-02.01.08 Effects of an annulling judgment
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-20 Acts of the institutions
    B-20.05 Statement of reasons
G European Union
  G-02 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    G-02.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      G-02.01.06 Statement of reasons
G European Union
  G-02 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    G-02.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      G-02.01.02 Scope
G European Union
  G-02 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    G-02.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      G-02.01.07 Judicial review
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-19 Legal proceedings
    B-19.00 General
G European Union
  G-02 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    G-02.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      G-02.01.07 Judicial review


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 16/07/2007

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

23/10/2008


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 211 from 08.09.2007, p.50

Judgment: OJ C 313 from 06.12.2008, p.31

Name of the parties

People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran v Council

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Simon, Denys: Conditions d'intervention à un recours en annulation, Europe 2008 Avril Comm. nº 112 p.16 (FR)
  2. Simon, Denys: Lutte contre le terrorisme et droits fondamentaux, Europe 2008 Décembre Comm. nº 402 p.13-14 (FR)
  3. O'Meara, Noreen ; Widder, Elmar: (Un)-Freezing the funds of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), Bulletin of international legal developments 2008 Vol.23 p.268-270 (EN)
  4. Bílková, V.: Protiteroristické finanční sankce Evropské unie: případy Kadi, Yusuf, Al Barakaat a PMOI, Právní rozhledy : casopis pro vsechna právní odvetví 2009 p.764-771 (CS)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • External relations
  • - Common foreign and security policy

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds
  • Actions for annulment : application granted

Formation of the Court

septième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Forwood

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

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