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Document 62005TJ0099

    Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) of 10 May 2007.
    Kingdom of Spain v Commission of the European Communities.
    Fisheries - Regulation (EC) No 494/2002 - Conservation of the resources of the sea - Legal basis - Principle of non-discrimination - Obligation to state reasons.
    Case T-99/05.

    European Court Reports 2007 II-00040*

    ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2007:130





    Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) of 10 May 2007 – Spain v Commission

    (Case T-99/05)

    Fisheries – Regulation (EC) No 494/2002 – Conservation of the resources of the sea – Legal basis – Principle of non-discrimination – Obligation to state reasons

    1.                     Acts of the institutions – Choice of legal basis – Criteria – Commission regulation for the recovery of the stock of hake (Council Regulation No 3760/92, Art. 15(1), and No 850/98, Art. 45(1); Commission Regulation No 494/2002) (see paras 21-26)

    2.                     Fisheries – Conservation of the resources of the sea – Regulation No 850/98 (Council Regulation No 850/98, Art. 45(1)) (see para. 27)

    3.                     Fisheries – Conservation of the resources of the sea – Commission regulation for the recovery of the stock of hake (Council Regulation No 850/98; Commission Regulation No 494/2002) (see paras 28-31)

    4.                     Fisheries – Conservation of the resources of the sea – Commission regulation for the recovery of the stock of hake (Commission Regulation No 494/2002 Art. 2(2)) (see paras 43-45)

    5.                     Acts of the institutions – Statement of reasons – Obligation – Scope (Art. 253 EC) (see paras 59-61)

    Re:

    ACTION for annulment of Commission Regulation (EC) No 494/2002 of 19 March 2002 establishing additional technical measures for the recovery of the stock of hake in ICES sub-areas III, IV, V, VI and VII and ICES divisions VIII a, b, d, e (OJ 2002 L 77, p. 8)

    Operative part

    The Court:

     

    Dismisses the action;

     

    Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs and to pay those of the Commission.

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