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Bank Melli Iran v Telekom Deutschland GmbH (C-124/20)
Consideration of the questions referred
Preliminary observations
38

Bank Melli Iran v Telekom Deutschland GmbH (C-124/20)

Judgment of 21 Dec 2021law://eu/cjeu/2020/c-124-20/para_38@2026-11-11

38One of the laws specified in the annex is the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012, the application of which, as is clear from the fourth recital of Delegated Regulation 2018/1100, the United States no longer waived following its withdrawal from the Iranian Nuclear Deal, as it declared on 8 May 2018.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-124/20 · ECLI:EU:C:2021:1035
Decided: 21 Dec 2021
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht Hamburg (Higher Regional Court, Hamburg, Germany)
Applicant: Bank Melli Iran
Defendant: Telekom Deutschland GmbH
Rapporteur: S. Rodin
Advocate General: G. Hogan
Bench: 13 judges
K. Lenaerts, L. Bay Larsen, A. Prechal, K. Jürimäe, C. Lycourgos, E. Regan, S. Rodin, N. Jääskinen, I. Ziemele, J. Passer, M. Ilešič, T. von Danwitz, N. Wahl
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62020CJ0124

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Charter of Fundamental Rights Common commercial policy Free movement of capital

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