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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-661/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2013/661",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision 2013/661/CFSP of 15 November 2013 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-661",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision 2013/661/CFSP\nof 15 November 2013\namending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP of 26 July 2010 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Common Position 2007/140/CFSP, and in particular Article 23(2) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn 26 July 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran.\n(2)\nBy its judgments of 6 September 2013 in Cases T-493/10, T-4/11 and T-5/11, T-12/11, T-13/11, T-24/11, T-42/12 and T-181/12, T-57/12 and T-110/12, 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.\n(3)\nPersia 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.\n(4)\nAn 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.\n(5)\nFollowing the judgment of the General Court in Case T-421/11, Qualitest FZE is not included on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures in Annex II to Decision 2010/413/CFSP,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 195, 27.7.2010, p. 39."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Judgment of 6 September 2013 in Case T-493/10 Persia International Bank plc v Council of the European Union."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Judgment of 6 September 2013 in joint Cases T-4/11 and T-5/11 Export Development Bank of Iran v Council of the European Union."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Judgment of 6 September 2013 in Case T-12/11 Iran Insurance Company v Council of the European Union."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Judgment of 6 September 2013 in Case T-13/11 Post Bank Iran v Council of the European Union."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Judgment of 6 September 2013 in Case T-24/11 Bank Refah Kargaran v Council of the European Union."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Judgment of 6 September 2013 in Cases T-42/12 and T-181/12 Naser Bateni v Council of the European Union."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Judgment of 6 September 2013 in Case T-57/12 Good Luck Shipping LLC v Council of the European Union."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "Judgment of 6 September 2013 in Case T-110/12 Iranian Offshore Engineering & Construction Co. v Council of the European Union."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "Judgment of 5 December 2012 in Case T-421/11 Qualitest FZE v Council of the European Union."
    }
  ],
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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