General court says single standard of judicial review for all EU sanctions cases – Iran Transfo v Council

Iran Transfo has won its case in the General Court of the European Union (Case C-392/11). The Fourth Chamber of the Court (which hears most of the Iran sanctions cases) held on 16 May 2013 that the Council had made a manifest error in its assessment that Iran Transfo was involved in the construction of the Fordow (Qom) facility. Although...