CELEX: 62015TA0553
Language: en
Date: 2019-05-08 00:00:00
Title: Case T-553/15: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Export Development Bank of Iran v Council (Non-contractual liability — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran — Freezing of funds — Compensation for the damage allegedly sustained by the applicant following the inclusion and maintenance of the applicant’s name on the list of persons and entities subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources at issue — Jurisdiction of the General Court — Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals)

1.7.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 220/31
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Export Development Bank of Iran v Council
      (Case T-553/15) (1)
      
      (Non-contractual liability - Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures against Iran - Freezing of funds - Compensation for the damage allegedly sustained by the applicant following the inclusion and maintenance of the applicant’s name on the list of persons and entities subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources at issue - Jurisdiction of the General Court - Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals)
      (2019/C 220/39)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Export Development Bank of Iran (Tehran, Iran) (represented by: J.-M. Thouvenin, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: V. Piessevaux and M. Bishop, acting as Agents)
      
         Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Aresu and R. Tricot, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application based on Article 268 TFEU seeking compensation for the damage allegedly sustained by the applicant as a result of the restrictive measures adopted against it.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Export Development Bank of Iran to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union.
                  
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  
                     Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 398, 30.11.2015.