CELEX: 62012TA0563
Language: en
Date: 2015-03-25 00:00:00
Title: Case T-563/12: Judgment of the General Court of 25 March 2015 — Central Bank of Iran v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Obligation to state reasons — Rights of defence — Right to effective judicial protection — Error of assessment — Right to property — Right to reputation — Proportionality)

11.5.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 155/22
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 25 March 2015 — Central Bank of Iran v Council
   (Case T-563/12) (1)
   
   ((Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures taken against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation - Freezing of funds - Obligation to state reasons - Rights of defence - Right to effective judicial protection - Error of assessment - Right to property - Right to reputation - Proportionality))
   (2015/C 155/25)
   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 annulment, first, of 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 it maintained, after review, the listing of the applicant’s name 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, secondly, of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 945/2012 of 15 October 2012 implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2012 L 282, p. 16), in so far as it maintained, after review, the listing of the applicant’s name 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).
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Central Bank of Iran to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 55, 23.2.2013.