CELEX: 62014TA0435
Language: en
Date: 2016-09-22 00:00:00
Title: Case T-435/14: Judgment of the General Court of 22 September 2016 — Tose’e Ta’avon Bank v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Plea of illegality — Conferral of an implementing power on the Council — Criterion directed at the entities providing support to the Iranian Government — Error of law — Error of fact — Obligation to state reasons — Proportionality — Fundamental rights)

7.11.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 410/11
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 22 September 2016 — Tose’e Ta’avon Bank v Council
   (Case T-435/14) (1)
   
   ((Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation - Freezing of funds - Plea of illegality - Conferral of an implementing power on the Council - Criterion directed at the entities providing support to the Iranian Government - Error of law - Error of fact - Obligation to state reasons - Proportionality - Fundamental rights))
   (2016/C 410/13)
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Tose’e Ta’avon Bank (Teheran, Iran) (represented by: J.-M. Thouvenin, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: A. Vitro and M. Bishop, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of the decision of the Council of the European Union 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) 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 set out in a notice of 15 March 2014.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Tose’e Ta’avon Bank to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 253, 4.8.2014.