Order of the President of the General Court of 29 August 2013 – Iran Liquefied Natural Gas Co. v Council

(Case T-5/13 R)

(Application for interim measures – Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures against Iran – Freezing of funds and economic resources – Prohibition of the execution of ongoing trade contracts – Application for suspension of the operation of a measure – Manifest inadmissibility of the plea of illegality on which the application is based – Inadmissibility of the application)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Iran Liquefied Natural Gas Co. (Tehran, Iran) (represented by: J. Grayston, Solicitor, G. Pandey, P. Gjørtler and D. Rovetta, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bishop and A. De Elera, Agents)

Re:

Application for suspension of the operation, first, 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 those acts include the applicant in the list of persons and entities made subject to the restrictive measures, and, secondly, of Article 1(5) of Council Regulation (EU) No 1263/2012 of 21 December 2012 amending Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 (OJ 2012 L 356, p. 34), in so far as that act makes it impossible to perform the contracts concluded by the applicant with partners established in the European Union.

Operative part of the order

1.    The application for interim measures is rejected.

2.    The costs are reserved.