Action brought on 9 June 2014 — Neka Novin v Council

(Case T-436/14)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Neka Novin (Yusef Abad, Iran) (represented by: L. Vidal, lawyer)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the Council’s decision to maintain the sanction imposed on the applicant as mentioned in the notice of 15 March 2014;

order the Council to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on three pleas in law.

First plea, alleging an error of law in so far as the grounds given for maintaining the restrictive measures imposed on the applicant are not sufficient.

Second plea, alleging a manifest error of assessment in so far as the defendant wrongly considered that the applicant had acquired specialised equipment that was of direct application in the Iranian nuclear program.

Third plea, alleging infringement of proportionality and the right to property.