Judgment_paragraph 72 · Sina Bank v Council of the European Union (T-15/11)

72According to the Council, ‘[the applicant] is closely linked to the interests of the “Daftar” (Leader’s office: administration of around 500 officers’. However, the concept of being ‘linked to the interests of’ a third party is, in itself, vague and imprecise. It is not evidently and directly connected to the concept of ‘control’ referred to in Article 20(1)(b) of Decision 2010/413 and Article 16(2)(a) of Regulation No 961/2010. The Council has not mentioned any precise and concrete element attesting to any control exercised by the Leader’s office over the applicant.