Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2016:692
Date: 2016-11-30
Language of the case: French
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: External relations;Common foreign and security policy
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 30 November 2016 – Bank Refah Kargaran v Council (Case T-65/14) 1 (Common Foreign and Security Policy – Restrictive measures against Iran – Freezing of funds – Further listing of the applicant after annulment of the initial listing by the General Court – Error in law – Error in fact – Obligation to state reasons – Rights of the defence – Right to effective judicial protection – Proportionality) Language of the case: French Parties Applicant: Bank Refah Kargaran (Teheran, Iran) (represented by: J.-M. Thouvenin, lawyer) Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: V. Piessevaux, M. Bishop and B. Driessen, agents) Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Aresu and D. Gauci, agents) Re: Application based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking, principally, annulment of Council Decision 2013/661/CFSP of 15 November 2013 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2010 L 306, p. 18), and of 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 those acts concern the applicant, and, in the alternative, annulment of Decision 2013/661 and of Implementing Regulation No 1154/2013 in so far as those acts concern the applicant as from 20 January 2014. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Bank Refah Kargaran to pay, in addition to its own costs, the costs incurred by the Council of the European Union; Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 135, 5.5.2014.