CELEX: 62009CA0380
Language: en
Date: 2012-03-13 00:00:00
Title: Case C-380/09 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 13 March 2012 — Melli Bank plc v Council of the European Union, French Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, European Commission (Appeal — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran to prevent nuclear proliferation — Freezing the funds of a bank’s subsidiary — Principle of proportionality — Ownership or control of the entity)

5.5.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 133/2
            
         Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 13 March 2012 — Melli Bank plc v Council of the European Union, French Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, European Commission
   (Case C-380/09 P) (1)
   
   (Appeal - Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran to prevent nuclear proliferation - Freezing the funds of a bank’s subsidiary - Principle of proportionality - Ownership or control of the entity)
   2012/C 133/02
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: Melli Bank plc (represented by: D. Anderson and D. Wyatt QC, R. Blakeley, Barrister, instructed by S. Gadhia and T. Din, Solicitors)
   
      Other parties to the proceedings: Council of the European Union, (represented by: M. Bishop and R. Szostak, Agents), French Republic, (represented by: E. Belliard, G. de Bergues, L. Butel and E. Ranaivoson, Agents), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, (represented by: S. Hathaway, Agent, and S. Lee, Barrister), European Commission (represented by: S. Boelaert and M. Konstantinidis, Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Appeal brought against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 9 July 2009 in Joined Cases T-246/08 and T-332/08 Melli Bank plc v Council of the European Union by which that court dismissed an application for the annulment in part of Council Decision 2008/475/EC of 23 June 2008 implementing Article 7(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2008 L 163, p. 29), in so far as the appellant’s name appears in the list of persons, bodies and entities to which those provisions apply.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Melli Bank plc to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 282, 21.11.2009.