Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1695

of 12 November 2020

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 961/20101, and in particular Article 46(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

(1)

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

(2)

On 18 June 2020 the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2020/8472.

(3)

Following the judgment of the General Court in Case T-490/183, Neda Industrial Group should be removed from the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012.

(4)

Annex IX to 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 in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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 November 2020.

For the Council

The President

M. Roth

ANNEX

In Regulation (EU) No 267/2012, Annex IX, Part I, Section B (Entities), the following entry is deleted:

  1. 47.

    Neda Industrial Group