COUNCIL DECISION 2013/661/CFSP
of 15 November 2013
amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP of 26 July 2010 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Common Position 2007/140/CFSP (1), and in particular Article 23(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
On 26 July 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran.
(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 T-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 in Annex II to Decision 2010/413/CFSP.
(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, on the basis of new statements of reasons concerning each of them.
(4)
An additional entity should be included on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures, and the identifying information in relation to another entity subject to restrictive measures should be amended.
(5)
Following the judgment of the General Court in Case T-421/11 (10), Qualitest FZE is not included on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures in Annex II to Decision 2010/413/CFSP,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Annex II to Decision 2010/413/CFSP is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 15 November 2013.