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Document C2005/143/14

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 April 2005 in Case C-22/04 Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 — Fishing vessels — Establishment of a satellite-based position monitoring system — Failure to transpose within the prescribed periods)

OJ C 143, 11.6.2005, p. 12–12 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

11.6.2005   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 143/12


JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Fifth Chamber)

of 14 April 2005

in Case C-22/04 Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 - Fishing vessels - Establishment of a satellite-based position monitoring system - Failure to transpose within the prescribed periods)

(2005/C 143/14)

Language of the case: Greek

In Case C-22/04 Commission of the European Communities (Agents: M Condou-Durande and T. van Rijn) v Hellenic Republic (Agents: A. Samoni-Rantou and S. Chala) — action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 26 January 2004 — the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of R. Silva de Lapuerta, President of the Chamber, J. Makarczyk and P. Kūris (Rapporteur), Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General; H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 14 April 2005, in which it:

1.

Declares that by failing to ensure that fishing vessels which fly its flag and must be equipped with satellite-tracking devices were in fact equipped with such devices, according to the type of vessel concerned, on 30 June 1998 or 1 January 2000, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 686/97 of 14 April 1997;

2.

Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 85 of 3.4.2004.


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