COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/230
of 12 February 2015
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 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 961/2010 (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 judgment of 12 December 2013 in Case T-58/12, the General Court of the European Union annulled the Council's decision to include Gholam Golparvar, Ghasem Nabipour, Mansour Eslami, Mohamad Talai, Mohammad Fard, Alireza Ghezelayagh, Hassan Zadeh, Mohammad Pajand, Ahmad Sarkandi, Seyed Rasool and Ahmad Tafazoly on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012.
(3)
Gholam Golparvar 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)
By its judgment of 3 July 2014 in Case T-565/12, the General Court of the European Union annulled the Council's decision to include National Iranian Tanker Company on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012.
(5)
National Iranian Tanker Company should be included again on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures, on the basis of a new statement of reasons.
(6)
Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 should therefore be amended accordingly,
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 date 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, 12 February 2015.