EIH v Council: ECJ upholds general court’s judgment requiring specific rather than general licences

The European Court of Justice has handed down its judgment in the appeal brought by Europäisch-Iranische Handelsbank AG (EIH) against the General Court’s judgment declining to annul its Iranian sanctions listings (see previous blog here). The ECJ has rejected its appeal, in Case C-585/13 P EIH v Council, following Advocate General Mengozzi’s opinion (see blog here). This is an important...