62019CJ0681_INF
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 18 November 2021 – Mahmoudian v Council
(Case C‑681/19 P) (
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(Appeal – Common foreign and security policy (CFSP) – Restrictive measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran – Damage allegedly suffered by the appellant as a result of his name being included and maintained on the list of persons and entities subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources – Action for damages – Jurisdiction of the Court to rule on a claim seeking compensation for the damage allegedly caused by restrictive measures taken in decisions adopted pursuant to the CFSP – Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law intended to confer rights on individuals)
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Non-contractual liability – Conditions – Unlawfulness – Damage – Causal link – Burden of proof
(Art. 340, second para., TFEU)
(see paras 28, 29)
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Non-contractual liability – Conditions – Actual and certain damage – Assessment – Criteria
(Art. 340, second para., TFEU)
(see paras 32, 33)
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Appeal – Grounds – Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence – Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted – Ground of appeal alleging distortion of the clear sense of the evidence – Need to indicate precisely the evidence alleged to have been distorted and show the errors of appraisal which led to that distortion
(Art. 256(1), second subpara., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 51, first para., and 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 168(1)(d))
(see paras 36, 37, 49)
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the appeal;
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Orders Mr Fereydoun Mahmoudian to bear his owns costs and to pay the costs incurred by the Council of the European Union;
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Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.
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