CELEX: 62013CA0200
Language: en
Date: 2016-04-21 00:00:00
Title: Case C-200/13 P: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 April 2016 — Council of the European Union v Bank Saderat Iran, European Commission (Appeal — Common foreign and security policy — Combating nuclear proliferation — Restrictive measures taken against the Islamic Republic of Iran — Freezing of funds of an Iranian bank — Obligation to state reasons — Procedure for the adoption of the act — Manifest error of assessment)

13.6.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 211/2
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 April 2016 — Council of the European Union v Bank Saderat Iran, European Commission
      (Case C-200/13 P) (1)
      
      ((Appeal - Common foreign and security policy - Combating nuclear proliferation - Restrictive measures taken against the Islamic Republic of Iran - Freezing of funds of an Iranian bank - Obligation to state reasons - Procedure for the adoption of the act - Manifest error of assessment))
      (2016/C 211/02)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Appellant: Council of the European Union (represented by: S. Boelaert and M. Bishop, acting as Agents)
      
         Other parties to the proceedings: Bank Saderat Iran (represented by: D. Wyatt QC, R. Blakeley, Barrister, and by S. Jeffrey, S. Ashley and A. Irvine, Solicitors), European Commission (represented by: D. Gauci and M. Konstantinidis, acting as Agents)
      
         Intervener in support of the appellant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: L. Christie and S. Behzadi-Spencer, acting as Agents, and by S. Lee, Barrister)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                  Dismisses the appeal;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Dismisses the cross-appeal;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Bank Saderat Iran in both sets of proceedings, except for the costs relating to the cross-appeal;
               
            
                  4.
               
               
                  Orders Bank Saderat Iran to bear its own costs relating to the cross-appeal and to pay the costs incurred by the Council of the European Union in relation to the cross-appeal.
               
            
                  5.
               
               
                  Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the European Commission to bear their own costs of both sets of proceedings.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 171, 15.6.2013.