CELEX: 62014TA0436
Language: en
Date: 2017-03-07 00:00:00
Title: Case T-436/14: Judgment of the General Court of 7 March 2017 — Neka Novin v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the list of persons concerned — Error of law — Manifest error of assessment — Proportionality)

18.4.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 121/25
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 7 March 2017 — Neka Novin v Council
   (Case T-436/14) (1)
   
   ((Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures taken against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation - Freezing of funds - Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the list of persons concerned - Error of law - Manifest error of assessment - Proportionality))
   (2017/C 121/35)
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Neka Novin Co., Private Joint Stock (Tehran, Iran) (represented by: L. Vidal, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: A. Vitro and M. Bishop, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking the annulment of the decision of the Council to maintain the applicant’s name on the list 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), as amended by Council Decision 2011/299/CFSP of 23 May 2011 (OJ 2011 L 136, p. 65), and on the list 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), as communicated by a notice of 15 March 2014.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Neka Novin Co., Private Joint Stock to bear its own costs and to pay half of those incurred by the Council of the European Union;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Council to bear half of its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 253, 4.8.2014.