Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2015:895
Date: 2015-11-26
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: External relations;Common foreign and security policy
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

summary statement of reasons is sufficient (Art. 296 TFEU; Council Decisions 2010/413/CFSP and 2012/635/CFSP; Council Regulations No 267/2012 and No 945/2012) (see paras 29-34, 38) 2. Judicial proceedings — Introduction of new pleas during the proceedings — Conditions — Amplification of an existing plea — Limits (Rules of Procedure of the General Court (1991), Art. 48(2)) (see paras 43, 44) 3. European Union — Judicial review of the legality of the acts of the institutions — Restrictive measures against Iran — Measures in the context of the fight against nuclear proliferation — Scope of review (Art. 275, second para., TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47; Council Decisions 2010/413/CFSP and 2012/635/CFSP; Council Regulations No 267/2012 and No 945/2012) (see paras 46, 47) 4. Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran — Freezing of funds of persons, entities or bodies engaged in or supporting nuclear proliferation — Obligation to extend that measure to entities owned or controlled by such an entity — Whether an entity is owned or controlled — Assessment on a case-by-case basis by the Council — Criteria (Council Decisions 2010/413/CFSP, Art. 20(1)(c), and 2012/635/CFSP; Council Regulations No 267/2012, Art. 23(2)(d), and No 945/2012) (see paras 48-50, 54) Re: APPLICATION for annulment of the Council decision contained in the letter of 14 March 2014 by which the applicant’s name was maintained on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out 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 (OJ 2010 L 195, p. 39), as amended by Council Decision 2012/635/CFSP of 15 October 2012 (OJ 2012 L 282, p. 58), and 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 (OJ 2012 L 88, p. 1), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 945/2012 of 15 October 2012 (OJ 2012 L 282, p. 16). Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Naftiran Intertrade Co. (NICO) Sàrl to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the Council of the European Union.