4.8.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 253/24


Judgment of the General Court of 18 June 2014 — Spain v Commission

(Case T-260/11) (1)

((Fisheries - Conservation of fishery resources - Spain exceeding mackerel fishing quotas in zones VIIIc, IX and X in EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 for 2010 - Deductions from fishing quotas for 2011 to 2015 - Rights of the defense - Legal certainty - Legitimate expectations - Equal treatment))

2014/C 253/34

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: initially N. Díaz Abad and L. Banciella Rodríguez-Miñón, then M. Sampoll Pucurull and Banciella Rodríguez-Miñón, abogados del Estado)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouquet, F. Jimeno Fernández and D. Nardi, Agents)

Re:

Annulment of Commission Regulation (EU) No 165/2011 of 22 February 2011 providing for deductions from certain mackerel quotas allocated to Spain in 2011 and subsequent years on account of overfishing in 2010 (OJ 2011 L 48, p. 11).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

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


(1)  OJ C 211, 16.7.2011.