Order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 20 January 2015 — NICO v Council

(Case T‑6/13)

Action for annulment — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Iran — Freezing of funds — Time-limit in which to bring proceedings — Starting point — Manifest inadmissibility

1.                     Actions for annulment — Time-limits — Point from which time starts to run — Measure entailing restrictive measures against a person or body — Measure published and notified to the addressees — Date of notification of the measure — Notification to the person concerned by means of a publication in the Official Journal of the European Union — Admissibility (Arts 263, fourth and sixth paras, TFEU and 275, second para, TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 102; Council Decision 2012/635/CFSP, Art. 2; Council Regulation No 945/2012, Art. 1) (see paras 14, 15, 24-34, 42)

2.                     Judicial proceedings — Time-limit for instituting proceedings — Claim barred by lapse of time — Unforeseeable circumstances or force majeure (Art. 263, sixth para., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 45, second para.) (see para. 35)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment in part of Council Decision 2012/635/CFSP of 15 October 2012 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2012 L 282, p. 58), and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 945/2012 of 15 October 2012 implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2012 L 282, p. 16), in so far as the applicant’s name is included in the list of persons and entities to whom those restrictive measures apply.

Operative part

1. The action is dismissed.

2. Naftiran Intertrade Co. (NICO) Sàrl is ordered to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union.