52The judicial review of the lawfulness of an act whereby restrictive measures are imposed on an entity extends to the assessment of the facts and circumstances relied on as justifying it, and to the evidence and information on which that assessment is based. In the event of challenge, it is for the Council to present that evidence for review by the Courts of the European Union (see judgments of 6 September 2013 in Bateni v Council, T‑42/12 and T‑181/12, not published, EU:T:2013:409, paragraph 46 and the case-law cited, and of 16 September 2013 in Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines and Others v Council, T‑489/10, EU:T:2013:453, paragraph 42 and the case-law cited). In other words, it is the task of the competent European Union authority to establish, in the event of challenge, that the reasons relied on against the person concerned are well founded, and not the task of that person to adduce evidence of the negative, that those reasons are not well founded. It is necessary that the information or evidence produced should support the reasons relied on against the person concerned (see judgment of 3 July 2014 in National Iranian Tanker Company v Council, T‑565/12, EU:T:2014:608, paragraph 57 and the case-law cited).
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