CELEX: 62015TA0052
Language: en
Date: 2016-04-28 00:00:00
Title: Case T-52/15: Judgment of the General Court of 28 April 2016 — Sharif University of Technology v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Support to the Government of Iran — Research and technology development in military or military-related fields — Rights of the defence — Right to effective judicial protection — Error of law and error of assessment — Right to property — Proportionality — Misuse of powers — Claim for damages)

13.6.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 211/49
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 28 April 2016 — Sharif University of Technology v Council
      (Case T-52/15) (1)
      
      ((Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation - Freezing of funds - Support to the Government of Iran - Research and technology development in military or military-related fields - Rights of the defence - Right to effective judicial protection - Error of law and error of assessment - Right to property - Proportionality - Misuse of powers - Claim for damages))
      (2016/C 211/61)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Sharif University of Technology (Tehran, Iran) (represented by: M. Happold, Barrister)
      
         Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: V. Piessevaux and M. Bishop, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action for, first, annulment of Council Decision 2014/776/CFSP of 7 November 2014 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2014 L 325, p. 19), in so far as it includes 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 of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1202/2014 of 7 November 2014 implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2014 L 325, p. 3), in so far as it includes the applicant’s name 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) and, secondly, a claim for damages.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Sharif University of Technology to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 138, 27.4.2015.