Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 18 February 2016

Council of the European Union v Bank Mellat

Appeal — Common foreign and security policy — Combating nuclear proliferation — Restrictive measures taken against the Islamic Republic of Iran — Freezing of funds of an Iranian bank — Obligation to state reasons — Procedure for the adoption of the act — Manifest error of assessment

Case C-176/13 P



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
08/04/2016 Council v Bank Mellat
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2016:96
18/02/2016 Council v Bank Mellat
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2016:96
18/02/2016 Council v Bank Mellat
Application (OJ)
31/05/2013 Council v Bank Mellat
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2015:130
26/02/2015 Council v Bank Mellat
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

1.
3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.05 Compliance with time-limits
3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.00 General
3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.03 Applications by natural or legal persons
      3.02.03.01 Interest in bringing proceedings
6 External policy
  6.01 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    6.01.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      6.01.01.00 General
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.06 Statement of reasons
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.06 Statement of reasons
6 External policy
  6.01 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    6.01.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      6.01.01.08 Statement of reasons
6 External policy
  6.01 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    6.01.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      6.01.01.04 Powers of the Member States and/or the Council
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.47 Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial
6 External policy
  6.01 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    6.01.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      6.01.01.10 Judicial review
3 Legal proceedings
  3.10 Appeals
    3.10.03 Grounds of appeal
      3.10.03.02 Issues relating to the admissibility of the pleas
        3.10.03.02.04 New pleas in law


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 09/04/2013

Date of the Opinion

  • 26/02/2015

Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

18/02/2016


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 145 from 25.04.2016, p.4

Application: OJ C 171 from 15.06.2013, p.20

Name of the parties

Council v Bank Mellat

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Fartunova, Maria: Confirmation des obligations pesant sur le Conseil lorsqu’il adopte des mesures restrictives dans le cadre de la lutte contre la prolifération nucléaire, Revue des affaires européennes 2016 p.121-130 (FR)
  2. Simon, Denys: Mesures restrictives (Iran), Europe 2016 Avril Comm. nº 4 p.14-15 (FR)



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
  • Appeals : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

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Judge-Rapporteur

Rosas

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

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