CELEX: 62011TA0421
Language: en
Date: 2012-12-05 00:00:00
Title: Case T-421/11: Judgment of the General Court of 5 December 2012 — Qualitest 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 — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment)

26.1.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 26/43
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 5 December 2012 — Qualitest v Council
   (Case T-421/11) (1)
   
   (Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures adopted against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation - Freezing of funds - Action for annulment - Obligation to state reasons - Manifest error of assessment)
   2013/C 26/82
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Qualitest FZE (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) (represented by: L. Catrain González, lawyer, E. Wright and H. Zhu, Barristers)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: G. Marhic and R. Liudvinaviciute-Cordeiro, Agents)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: S. Boelaert and T. Scharf, Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment in part of Council Decision 2011/299/CFSP of 23 May 2011 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2011 L 136, p. 65), of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 503/2011 of 23 May 2011 implementing Regulation (EU) No 961/2010 on restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2011 L 136, p. 26) and of 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)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls, in so far as they concern Qualitest FZE:
               
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                           Council Decision 2011/299/CFSP of 23 May 2011 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran;
                        
                     
                           —
                        
                        
                           Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 503/2011 of 23 May 2011 implementing Regulation (EU) No 961/2010 on restrictive measures against Iran;
                        
                     
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                           Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 of 23 March 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Regulation (EU) No 961/2010;
                        
                     
         
               2.
            
            
               Maintains the effects of Decision 2011/299 as regards Qualitest until the annulment of Implementing Regulation No 503/2011 and Regulation No 267/2012 takes effect;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Qualitest;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 282, 24.9.2011.