CELEX: 62017TA0037
Language: en
Date: 2019-05-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-37/17: Judgment of the General Court of 16 May 2019 — Bank Tejarat v Council (Non-contractual liability — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran — Freezing of funds — Restriction on admission to the territory of the Member States — Compensation for the damage allegedly sustained by the applicant following its inclusion and re-inclusion in the list of persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures at issue — Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals)

8.7.2019   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 230/29
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 16 May 2019 — Bank Tejarat v Council
      (Case T-37/17) (1)
      
      (Non-contractual liability - Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures against Iran - Freezing of funds - Restriction on admission to the territory of the Member States - Compensation for the damage allegedly sustained by the applicant following its inclusion and re-inclusion in the list of persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures at issue - Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals)
      (2019/C 230/35)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Bank Tejarat (Tehran, Iran) (represented by: S. Zaiwalla, P. Reddy, K. Mittal, A. Meskarian, Solicitors, T. Otty QC, R. Blakeley, V. Zaiwalla, H. Leith, Barristers, and T. de la Mare QC)
      
         Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bishop and A. Vitro, Agents)
      
         Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Havas and J. Norris, Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application based on Article 268 TFEU for compensation for the damage allegedly sustained by the applicant as a result of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 54/2012 of 23 January 2012 implementing Regulation (EU) No 961/2010 on restrictive measures against Iran (OJ 2012 L 19, p. 1), 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 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 709/2012 of 2 August 2012 implementing Regulation No 267/2012 (OJ 2012 L 208, p. 2).
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
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                     Orders Bank Tejarat to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union;
                  
               
            
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                     Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 104, 3.4.2017.