# C_2015363EN.01003601.xml

| 3.11.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 363/36 |
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3.11.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 363/36

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Judgment of the General Court of 18 September 2015 — HTTS and Bateni v Council

(Case T-45/14) (1)

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((Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures adopted against Iran - Freezing of funds - Criterion relating to the provision of essential services to IRISL or to entities owned by it, under its control or acting on its behalf - Right to effective judicial protection - Obligation to state reasons - Manifest error of assessment - Right to property - Freedom to conduct a business - Right to respect for family life - Proportionality))

(2015/C 363/44)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Parties

Applicants: HTTS Hanseatic Trade Trust & Shipping GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) and Naser Bateni (Hamburg) (represented initially by M. Schlingmann and F. Lautenschlager, subsequently by M. Schlingmann, lawyers)

Applicants:

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bishop and J.-P. Hix, acting as Agents)

Defendant:

Re:

Re:

Application for annulment of Council Decision 2013/661/CFSP of 15 November 2013 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2013 306, p. 18) and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1154/2013 of 15 November 2013 implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2013 L 306, p. 3) in so far as they relate to the applicants.

Operative part of the judgment

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls Council Decision 2013/661/CFSP of 15 November 2013 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran in so far as it listed HTTS Hanseatic Trade Trust & Shipping GmbH and Mr Naser Bateni in Annex II to Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP of 26 July 2010 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Common Position 2007/140/CFSP; |
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Annuls Council Decision 2013/661/CFSP of 15 November 2013 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran in so far as it listed HTTS Hanseatic Trade Trust & Shipping GmbH and Mr Naser Bateni in Annex II to Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP of 26 July 2010 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Common Position 2007/140/CFSP;

| 2. | Annuls Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1264/2012 of 21 December 2012 implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran in so far as it listed HTTS Hanseatic Trade Trust & Shipping GmbH and Mr Bateni in Annex IX to Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 of 23 March 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Regulation (EU) No 961/2010. |
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Annuls Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1264/2012 of 21 December 2012 implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran in so far as it listed HTTS Hanseatic Trade Trust & Shipping GmbH and Mr Bateni in Annex IX to Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 of 23 March 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Regulation (EU) No 961/2010.

| 3. | Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by HTTS Hanseatic Trade Trust & Shipping GmbH and Mr Bateni. |
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Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by HTTS Hanseatic Trade Trust & Shipping GmbH and Mr Bateni.

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(1)  OJ C 71, 8.3.2014.

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