Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2015:236
Date: 2015-04-29
Language of the case: French
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: External relations;Common foreign and security policy
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

summary statement of reasons is sufficient (Art. 296, second para., TFEU; Council Decision 2012/635/CFSP; Council Regulation No 945/2012) (see paras 105-110, 115-120) 11. EU law — Principles — Rights of defence — Restrictive measures against Iran — Freezing of funds of persons, entities or bodies engaged in or supporting nuclear proliferation — Right of access to documents — Right subject to request for access being made to the Council (Council Decision 2012/635/CFSP; Council Regulation No 945/2012) (see para. 126) 12. Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran — Freezing of funds of persons, entities or bodies engaged in or supporting nuclear proliferation — Obligation on the Council to re-examine those measures at regular intervals — Infringement — No impact on the validity of those measures — Conditions — Compliance with the objective of the obligation to re-examine and absence of adverse effects on the position of the entity concerned (Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP, Art. 26(3); Council Regulation No 267/2012, Art. 46(6)) (see paras 133-135, 137-140, 142, 143) Re: First, application for partial annulment of Article 1, point 8, of Council Decision 2012/635/CFSP of 15 October 2012 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2012 L 282, p. 58) and, secondly, application for annulment of Decision 2012/635, of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 945/2012 of 15 October 2012 implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2012 L 282, p. 16), and of the decision communicated by the Council’s letter of 14 March 2014, in so far as the inclusion of the applicant’s name 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), 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) is concerned. Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders the National Iranian Gas Company to pay the costs.