Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 December 2011.

Criminal proceedings against Mohsen Afrasiabi and Others.

Reference for a preliminary ruling: Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf - Germany.

Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran to prevent nuclear proliferation - Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 - Article 7(3) and (4) - Supply and installation of a sintering furnace in Iran - Concept of ‘indirectly making available’ an ‘economic resource’ to persons, entities and bodies listed in Annexes IV and V to that regulation - Concept of ‘circumvention’ of the prohibition on making that resource available.

Case C-72/11.


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
03/02/2012 Afrasiabi and Others
Common foreign and security policy
  • Common foreign and security policy
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2011:874		 21/12/2011 Afrasiabi and Others
Common foreign and security policy
  • Common foreign and security policy
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Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2011:874		 21/12/2011 Afrasiabi and Others
Common foreign and security policy
  • Common foreign and security policy
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Application (OJ)
11/08/2011 Afrasiabi and Others
Common foreign and security policy
  • Common foreign and security policy
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Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2011:737		 16/11/2011 Afrasiabi and Others
Common foreign and security policy
  • Common foreign and security policy
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Reports of Cases

2011 I-14285

Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf – Interpretation of Article 7(3) and (4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 of 19 April 2007 concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2007 L 103, p. 1) – Delivery of equipment referred to in Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 in an unusable condition to an Iranian legal person not referred to in Annexes IV and V of that regulation – Equipment allegedly intended for later production for an entity referred to in those two annexes – Scope of the prohibition on making available economic resources to the persons listed in Annexes IV and V of the aforesaid regulation – Concept of ‘making available indirectly’ – Simultaneous application of the provisions prohibiting the making available of economic resources, on the one hand, and the contravention of the latter prohibition, on the other hand

Systematic classification scheme

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6 External policy
  6.01 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    6.01.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      6.01.01.01 Concept of restrictive measures
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6 External policy
  6.01 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    6.01.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      6.01.01.03 Scope
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6 External policy
  6.01 Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)
    6.01.01 Restrictive measures - Freezing of funds and various prohibitions
      6.01.01.01 Concept of restrictive measures


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 18/02/2011

Date of the Opinion

  • 16/11/2011

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

21/12/2011


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 252 from 27.08.2011, p.12

Judgment: OJ C 49 from 18.02.2012, p.13

Name of the parties

Afrasiabi and Others

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Simon, Denys: Mesures restrictives (prolifération nucléaire), Europe 2012 Février Comm. nº 2 p.11 (FR)
  2. Berstein, Alexander ; Zahm, Constanze: Zur Strafbarkeit der Beteiligung an Militärtechniklieferungen in die Islamische Republik Iran, European Law Reporter 2012 p.123-125 (DE)
  3. Sciarabba, Vincenzo: Alcuni chiarimenti della Corte di giustizia sulla portata delle misure contro la proliferazione nucleare in Iran, Diritto pubblico comparato ed europeo 2012 II p.783-789 (IT)
  4. Blockmans, Steven: Curbing the circumvention of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme: Afrasiabi, Common Market Law Review 2013, Volume 50, Issue 2, p. 623-640 (EN)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf - Germany

Subject-matter

  • Common foreign and security policy

Provisions of national law referred to

Außenwirtschaftsgesetz (AWG), Paragraph 34

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

Troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Lenaerts

Advocate General

Bot

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French