Judgment;Summary — ECLI:EU:C:2022:987
Date: 2022-12-15
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: General provisions;External relations;Free movement of capital;Common foreign and security policy
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: France

Summary of the request for a preliminary ruling under Article 98(1) of the 
Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice 
Date lodged:  
8 December 2021 
Referring court:  
Cour de cassation (France) 
Date of the decision to refer:  
2 December 2021 
Applicant:  
Instrubel NV 
Defendants  
Montana Management Inc. 
BNP Paribas Securities Services 
      
In a different procedural context from Case C-754/21, the plea calling into 
question the validity of the preventive attachments on frozen funds in respect of 
the right of ownership of the Iraqi State over the frozen funds of the company 
Montana and the questions referred are identical. 
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