Judgment of the General Court of 30 November 2016 — Export Development Bank of Iran v Council
(Case T-89/14) 1
(Common Foreign and Security Policy — Restrictive measures against Iran — Freezing of funds — Further listing of the applicant after annulment of the initial listing by the General Court — Error in law — Error in fact — Obligation to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Right to effective judicial protection — Proportionality — Equal treatment)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Export Development Bank of Iran (Teheran, 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 D. Gauci, agents)
Re:
Application based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking, principally, annulment of Council Decision 2013/661/CFSP of 15 November 2013 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2010 L 306, p. 18), and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1154/2013 of 15 November 2013, implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2013 L 306, p. 3), in so far as those acts concern the applicant, and, in the alternative, annulment of Decision 2013/661 and of Implementing Regulation No 1154/2013 in so far as those acts concern the applicant as from 20 January 2014.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Export Development Bank of Iran to pay, in addition to its own costs, the costs incurred by the Council of the European Union;
Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.
____________1 OJ C 135, 5.5.2014.