Judgment_paragraph 54 · National Iranian Tanker Company v Council of the European Union (T-565/12)

54In that regard, first, it must be recalled that, in accordance with the case-law, the Council has a degree of discretion to determine on a case-by-case basis whether the legal criteria on which the restrictive measures at issue are based are met (see, to that effect, judgment of 13 March 2012 in Case C‑380/09 P Melli Bank v Council, not published in the ECR, paragraph 41, and Joined Cases T‑42/12 and T‑181/12 Bateni v Council [2013] ECR, paragraph 45).