CELEX: 62008TA0284
Language: en
Date: 2008-12-04 00:00:00
Title: Case T-284/08: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 4 December 2008 — People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism — Freezing of funds — Actions for annulment — Rights of the defence — Judicial review)

24.1.2009   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 19/29
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 4 December 2008 — People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran v Council
   (Case T-284/08) (1)
   
   (Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism - Freezing of funds - Actions for annulment - Rights of the defence - Judicial review)
   (2009/C 19/55)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicant: People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (Auvers-sur-Oise, France) (represented by: initially, J.-P. Spitzer, lawyer, and D. Vaughan QC, subsequently by J.-P. Spitzer, D. Vaughan QC and M.E. Demetriou, Barrister)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: initially, G.J. Van Hegleson, M. Bishop and E. Finnegan, subsequently by M. Bishop and E. Finnegan, Agents)
   
      Interveners in support of the defendant: French Republic (represented by: G. de Bergues and A.L. During, Agents); and Commission of the European Communities (represented by: P. Aalto and S. Boelaert, Agents)
   Re:
   Application for annulment of Council Decision 2008/583/EC of 15 July 2008 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism and repealing Decision 2007/868/EC (OJ 2008 L 188, p. 21), so far as it concerns the applicant.
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls Council Decision 2008/583/EC of 15 July 2008 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism and repealing Decision 2007/868/EC, in so far as it concerns the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Council to bear, in addition to its own costs, the costs of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran.
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the French Republic and the Commission to pay their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 236, 13.9.2008.