LegalizeCouncil Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1202/2014 of 7 November 2014 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 3 July 2014 in Cases T-155/13, T-157/13 and T-181/13 (2), the General Court of the European Union annulled the Council's decision to include Babak Zanjani, Sorinet Commercial Trust Bankers, and Sharif University of Technology, respectively, on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012.
(3) Babak Zanjani, Sorinet Commercial Trust Bankers, and Sharif University of Technology should be included again on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures, on the basis of a new statement of reasons.
(4) The Council considers that the reasons for the listing of one entity as set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 should be amended.
(5) The identifying information in relation to four entities on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 should be amended.
(6) Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 should be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 shall be 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, 7 November 2014.
For the Council The President P. C. PADOAN
(2) Case T-155/13 Zanjani v Council, judgment of 3 July 2014 (not yet reported); Case T-157/13 Sorinet Commercial Trust Bankers Ltd v Council, judgment of 3 July 2014 (not yet reported); Case T-181/13 Sharif University of Technology v Council, judgment of 3 July 2014 (not yet reported).