CELEX: 32014R1202
Language: en
Date: 2014-11-07 00:00:00
Title: Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1202/2014 of 7 November 2014 implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran

8.11.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 325/3
            
         COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1202/2014
   of 7 November 2014
   implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 of 23 March 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran (1), and in particular Article 46(2) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               On 23 March 2012, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 267/2012.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               By its judgments of 3 July 2014 in Cases T-155/13, T-157/13 and T-181/13 (2), the General Court of the European Union annulled the Council's decision to include Babak Zanjani, Sorinet Commercial Trust Bankers, and Sharif University of Technology, respectively, on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Babak Zanjani, Sorinet Commercial Trust Bankers, and Sharif University of Technology should be included again on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures, on the basis of a new statement of reasons.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               The Council considers that the reasons for the listing of one entity as set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 should be amended.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               The identifying information in relation to four entities on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 should be amended.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 should be amended accordingly,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 shall be amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 7 November 2014.
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         P. C. PADOAN
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 88, 24.3.2012, p. 1.
   
      (2)  Case T-155/13 Zanjani v Council, judgment of 3 July 2014 (not yet reported); Case T-157/13 Sorinet Commercial Trust Bankers Ltd v Council, judgment of 3 July 2014 (not yet reported); Case T-181/13 Sharif University of Technology v Council, judgment of 3 July 2014 (not yet reported).
   
      ANNEX
      
                  I.
               
               
                  The person and entities listed below shall be inserted in the list set out in Part I of Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012:
                  I.   Persons and entities involved in nuclear or ballistic missile activities and persons and entities providing support to the Government of Iran.
                  A.   Persons
                  
                  
                               
                           
                           
                              Name
                           
                           
                              Identifying information
                           
                           
                              Reasons
                           
                           
                              Date of listing
                           
                        
                              45.
                           
                           
                              Babak Zanjani
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 12 March 1971
                           
                           
                              Babak Zanjani has provided support for the financing of transactions in Iranian crude oil conducted by the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum, which is designated by the EU. In addition, he has assisted the Central Bank of Iran and the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), which are also designated by the EU, to evade the EU's restrictive measures.
                              He has been a facilitator for Iranian oil transactions and has made transfers of oil-related funds, notably through Naftiran Intertrade Company (NICO) and Hong Kong Intertrade, which are controlled by the Iranian Government and also designated by the EU.
                              In addition, he provided essential services to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) by enabling transfers of funds for the benefit of Khatam al-Anbiya, an IRGC-owned company subject to UN and EU sanctions.
                           
                           
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                        B.   Entities
                  
                  
                               
                           
                           
                              Name
                           
                           
                              Identifying information
                           
                           
                              Reasons
                           
                           
                              Date of listing
                           
                        
                              156.
                           
                           
                              Sorinet Commercial Trust Bankers Ltd. (SCT) (a.k.a.: SCT Bankers; SCT Bankers Kish Company (PJS); SCT Bankers Company Branch; Sorinet Commercial Trust)
                           
                           
                              Sorinet Commercial Trust Bankers, Sadaf Tower, 3rd Floor, Suite No. 301, Kish Island, Iran
                              Sorinet Commercial Trust Bankers, No.1808, 18th Floor, Grosvenor House Commercial Tower, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE, P.O. Box 31988
                              Tehran branch: Reahi Aiiey, First of Karaj, Maksous Road 9, Tehran, Iran. SWIFT codes: SCERIRTH KSH (Kish Island branch), SCTSAEA1 (Dubai branch), SCERIRTH (Tehran branch)
                              Alternative address for Kish Island branch: Kish Banking Fin Activities Centre, No 42, 4th floor, VC25
                              Alternative addresses for Dubai branch: (1) SCT Bankers Kish Company (PJS), Head Office, Kish Island, Sadaf Tower, 3rd floor, Suite 301, P.O. Box 87. (2) Sheykh Admad, Sheykh Zayed Road, 31988, Dubai, Port, Kish Island.
                              Tels: 09347695504 (Kish Island branch)
                              09347695504/97-143257022-99 (Dubai branch)
                              09347695504 (Tehran branch)
                              Emails: info@sctbankers.com
                              zanjani@sctbankers.com
                           
                           
                              Sorinet Commercial Trust Bankers Ltd. is controlled by Babak Zanjani, who is designated for providing financial support to the Government of Iran by facilitating oil payments on its behalf.
                           
                           
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                              161.
                           
                           
                              Sharif University of Technology
                           
                           
                              Azadi Ave/Street, PO Box 11365-11155, Tehran, Iran, Tel: +98 21 66 161
                              Email: info@sharif.ir
                           
                           
                              Sharif University of Technology (SUT) has a number of cooperation agreements with Iranian Government organisations which are designated by the UN and/or the EU and which operate in military or military-related fields, particularly in the field of ballistic missile production and procurement. This includes: an agreement with the EU-designated Aerospace Industries Organisation for inter alia the production of satellites; cooperating with the Iranian Ministry of Defence and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on smart boat competitions; a broader agreement with the IRGC Air Force which covers developing and strengthening the University's relations, organisational and strategic cooperation;
                              SUT is part of a 6-university agreement which supports the Government of Iran through defence-related research; and SUT teaches graduate courses in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) engineering which were designed by the Ministry of Science among others. Taken together, these show a significant record of engagement with the Government of Iran in military or military-related fields that constitutes support to the Government of Iran.
                           
                           
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                  II.
               
               
                  The entries for the entities set out in Part I of Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 listed below are replaced by the following entries:
                  I.   Persons and entities involved in nuclear or ballistic missile activities and persons and entities providing support to the Government of Iran.
                  B.   Entities
                  
                  
                               
                           
                           
                              Name
                           
                           
                              Identifying information
                           
                           
                              Reasons
                           
                           
                              Date of listing
                           
                        
                              8.
                           
                           
                              Sina Bank
                           
                           
                              
                                          No. 187, Avenue Motahhari Ave., Teheran, 1587998411, Iran
                                       
                                    
                                          Tel: +9821 88532434-7, +9821 88532434-6
                                       
                                    
                                          E-mail: infor@sinabank.ir
                                       
                                    
                                          Website: http://www.sinabank.ir/
                                       
                                    
                           
                              Sina Bank is controlled by the Mostazafan Foundation, a major Iranian parastatal entity directly controlled by the Supreme Leader, and which has an 84 % shareholding in Sina Bank. It provides financial services to the Mostazafan Foundation and its group of subsidiary units and companies. Accordingly, Sina Bank provides financial support to the Government of Iran through the Mostazafan Foundation.
                           
                           
                              26.7.2010
                           
                        
                              27.
                           
                           
                              Power Plants' Equipment Manufacturing Company (Saakhte Tajhizate Niroogahi)
                           
                           
                              No. 10, Jahanara Alley, after Hemmat Bridge, Abbaspour St. (previously called Tavanir), Tehran, Post Code 1435733161, Iran
                           
                           
                              Subordinate to AEOI and Novin Energy (both designated under UNSCR 1737). Involved in the development of nuclear reactors.
                           
                           
                              26.7.2010
                           
                        
                              132.
                           
                           
                              Naftiran Intertrade Company (a.k.a. Naftiran Trade Company) (NICO)
                           
                           
                              
                                          (a)
                                       
                                       
                                          
                                                      5th Floor, Petropars Building, No. 35 Farhang Boulevard, Snadat Abad Avenue, Tehran, Iran
                                                   
                                                
                                                      Tel: +98 21 22372486; +98 21 22374681; +98 21 22374678;
                                                   
                                                
                                                      Fax: +98 21 22374678; +98 21 22372481
                                                   
                                                
                                                      Email: info@naftiran.com
                                                   
                                                
                                    
                                          (b)
                                       
                                       
                                          Suite 17, Burlington House, St. Saviours Road, St. Helier, Jersey, UK
                                       
                                    
                           
                              Subsidiary (100 %) of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).
                           
                           
                              16.10.2012
                           
                        
                              133.
                           
                           
                              Naftiran Intertrade Company Srl
                           
                           
                              
                                          Avenue de la Tour-Haldimand, 6, 1009 Pully, Switzerland
                                       
                                    
                                          Tel: +41 21 3106565
                                       
                                    
                                          Fax: +41 21 3106566/67/72
                                       
                                    
                                          Email: nico.finance@naftiran.ch
                                       
                                    
                           
                              Subsidiary (100 %) of the Naftiran Intertrade Company Ltd.
                           
                           
                              16.10.2012