COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/549
of 7 April 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 22 January 2015 in Joined Cases T-420/11 and T-56/12, the General Court of the European Union annulled Council Decisions 2011/299/CFSP (2) and 2011/783/CFSP (3) in so far as they include the following entities on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012: Ocean Capital Administration GmbH, First Ocean Administration GmbH, First Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Second Ocean Administration GmbH, Second Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Third Ocean Administration GmbH, Third Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Fourth Ocean Administration GmbH, Fourth Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Fifth Ocean Administration GmbH, Fifth Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Sixth Ocean Administration GmbH, Sixth Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Seventh Ocean Administration GmbH, Seventh Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Eighth Ocean Administration GmbH, Eighth Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Ninth Ocean Administration GmbH, Ninth Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Tenth Ocean Administration GmbH, Tenth Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Eleventh Ocean Administration GmbH, Eleventh Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Twelfth Ocean Administration GmbH, Twelfth Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Thirteenth Ocean Administration GmbH, Fourteenth Ocean Administration GmbH, Fifteenth Ocean Administration GmbH, Sixteenth Ocean Administration GmbH, Kerman Shipping Co. Ltd, Woking Shipping Investments Ltd, Shere Shipping Co. Ltd, Tongham Shipping Co. Ltd, Uppercourt Shipping Co. Ltd, Vobster Shipping Co. Ltd, Lancelin Shipping Co. Ltd, IRISL Maritime Training Institute, Kheibar Co. and Kish Shipping Line Manning Co.
(3)
On the basis of a new statement of reasons, 32 of those entities should be included again on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures.
(4)
By its judgment of 22 January 2015 in Case T-176/12, the General Court of the European Union annulled Council Decision 2012/35/CFSP (4) to include Bank Tejarat on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012.
(5)
Bank Tejarat 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 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, 7 April 2015.