CELEX: 62013TA0156
Language: en
Date: 2015-09-18 00:00:00
Title: Joined Cases T-156/13 and T-373/14: Judgment of the General Court of 18 September 2015 — Petro Suisse Intertrade v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Actions for annulment — Infra-State body — Locus standi and interest in bringing proceedings — Admissibility — Right to be heard — Obligation to notify — Obligation to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Manifest error of assessment — Right to property)

23.11.2015   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 389/30
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 18 September 2015 — Petro Suisse Intertrade v Council
   (Joined Cases T-156/13 and T-373/14) (1)
   
   ((Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation - Freezing of funds - Actions for annulment - Infra-State body - Locus standi and interest in bringing proceedings - Admissibility - Right to be heard - Obligation to notify - Obligation to state reasons - Rights of the defence - Manifest error of assessment - Right to property))
   (2015/C 389/31)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Petro Suisse Intertrade Co. SA (Pully, Switzerland) (represented by: J. Grayston, Solicitor, P. Gjørtler, G. Pandey, D. Rovetta, N. Pilkington and D. Sellers, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bishop and I. Rodios, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment, first, of Council Decision 2012/829/CFSP of 21 December 2012 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2012 L 356, p. 71) and also of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1264/2012 of 21 December 2012 implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2012 L 356, p. 55), and, secondly, of the Council’s decision contained in its letter of 14 March 2014 to maintain the restrictive measures taken against the applicant.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Petro Suisse Intertrade Co. SA to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 147, 25.5.2013.