Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1154/2013 of 15 November 2013 implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 of 23 March 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran (1), and in particular Article 46(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) On 23 March 2012, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 267/2012.

(2) By its judgments of 6 September 2013 in Cases T-493/10 (2), T-4/11 and T-5/11 (3), T-12/11 (4), T-13/11 (5), T-24/11 (6), T-42/12 and 181/12 (7), T-57/12 (8) and T-110/12 (9), the General Court of the European Union annulled the Council’s decisions to include Persia International Bank plc, Export Development Bank of Iran, Iran Insurance Company, Post Bank Iran, Bank Refah Kargaran, Naser Bateni, Good Luck Shipping LLC and Iranian Offshore Engineering & Construction Co. on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012.

(3) Persia International Bank plc, Export Development Bank of Iran, Iran Insurance Company, Post Bank Iran, Bank Refah Kargaran, Naser Bateni, Good Luck Shipping LLC and Iranian Offshore Engineering & Construction Co. should be included again on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012, on the basis of new statements of reasons concerning each of them.

(4) An additional entity should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012, the identifying information in relation to another entity should be amended.

(5) Following the judgment of the General Court in Case T-421/11 (10), Qualitest FZE is not included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012.

(6) In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, it should enter into force on the day of its publication,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 November 2013.

For the Council The President R. ŠADŽIUS

(1) OJ L 88, 24.3.2012, p. 1.

(2) Judgment of 6 September 2013 in Case T-493/10 Persia International Bank plc v Council of the European Union.

(3) Judgment of 6 September 2013 in joint Cases T-4/11 and T-5/11 Export Development Bank of Iran v Council of the European Union.

(4) Judgment of 6 September 2013 in Case T-12/11 Iran Insurance Company v Council of the European Union.

(5) Judgment of 6 September 2013 in Case T-13/11 Post Bank Iran v Council of the European Union.

(6) Judgment of 6 September 2013 in Case T-24/11 Bank Refah Kargaran v Council of the European Union.

(7) Judgment of 6 September 2013 in Cases T-42/12 and T-181/12 Naser Bateni v Council of the European Union.

(8) Judgment of 6 September 2013 in Case T-57/12 Good Luck Shipping LLC v Council of the European Union.

(9) Judgment of 6 September 2013 in Case T-110/12 Iranian Offshore Engineering & Construction Co. v Council of the European Union.

(10) Judgment of 5 December 2012 in Case T-421/11 Qualitest FZE v Council of the European Union.