CELEX: 62012TA0262
Language: en
Date: 2014-09-18 00:00:00
Title: Case T-262/12: Judgment of the General Court of 18 September 2014  — Central Bank of Iran v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures adopted against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Action for annulment — Lis pendens — Obligation to state reasons — Rights of the defence)

3.11.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 388/11
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 18 September 2014 — Central Bank of Iran v Council
   (Case T-262/12) (1)
   
   ((Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures adopted against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation - Freezing of funds - Action for annulment - Lis pendens - Obligation to state reasons - Rights of the defence))
   2014/C 388/12
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Central Bank of Iran (Tehran, Iran) (represented by: M. Lester, Barrister)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bishop and V. Piessevaux, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for, in essence, annulment of (i) Council Decision 2012/35/CFSP of 23 January 2012 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2012 L 19, p. 22) and Council Decision 2012/635/CFSP of 15 October 2012 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2012 L 282, p. 58), in so far as they listed or maintained the listing, after review, of the applicant 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 (ii) Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 of 23 March 2012 concerning the adoption of restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Regulation (EU) No 961/2010 (OJ 2012 L 88, p. 1), and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 945/2012 of 15 October 2012 implementing Regulation No 267/2012 (OJ 2012 L 282, p. 16), in so far as they listed or maintained the listing, after review, of the applicant in Annex IX to Regulation No 267/2012.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls 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), in so far as it listed Central Bank of Iran in Annex IX thereto;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Council of the European Union to bear one half of its own costs and to pay one half of the costs of Central Bank of Iran;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders Central Bank of Iran to bear one half of its own costs and to pay one half of the costs of the Council.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 243, 11.8.2012.