Judgment of the General Court of 26 November 2015 — HK Intertrade v Council
(Joined Cases T-159/13 and T-372/14) 1
(Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran with a view to preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Actions for annulment — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Point from which time starts to run — Admissibility — Right to be heard — Obligation to notify — Obligation to state reasons — Rights of defence — Manifest error of assessment)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: HK Intertrade Co. Ltd (Wanchai, Hong Kong, China) (represented by: J. Grayston, Solicitor, P. Gjørtler, G. Pandey, D. Rovetta, N. Pilkington and D. Sellers, lawyers)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: V. Piessevaux and M. Bishop, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application, in Case T 159/13, for annulment of Council Decision 2012/829/CFSP of 21 December 2012 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2012 L 356, p. 71) and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1264/2012 of 21 December 2012 implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2012 L 356, p. 55), and, in Case T 372/14, for annulment of the Council decision contained in the letter of 14 March 2014 concerning the maintenance of the restrictive measures adopted in respect of the applicant.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the actions;
Orders HK Intertrade Co. Ltd to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the Council of the European Union.
____________1 OJ C 147, 25.5.2013.