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23.3.2020 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 95/31 |
Order of the General Court of 30 January 2020 –Latvia v Commission
(Case T-293/18) (1)
(Action for annulment - Common fisheries policy - Treaty of Paris on the archipelago of Spitsbergen (Norway) - Fishing opportunities for snow crab around the area of Svalbard (Norway) - Regulation (EU) 2017/127 - EU registered vessels authorised to fish - Detention of a Latvian vessel - Article 265 TFEU - Invitation to act - Adoption of a position by the Commission - Measure not producing binding legal effects - Inadmissibility)
(2020/C 95/40)
Language of the case: Latvian
Parties
Applicant: Republic of Latvia (represented by: V. Soņeca, acting as Agent)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouquet, E. Paasivirta, I. Naglis and A. Sauka, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking, first, annulment of the Commission’s letter of 12 March 2018 by which that institution adopted its position on the invitation to act which the Republic of Latvia had addressed to it, pursuant to Article 265 TFEU, by letter of 22 December 2017 and which was intended, in essence, to require the Commission to adopt measures relating to the defence of the fishing rights and European Union interests in the Svalbard fishing area (Norway) and, second, to order the Commission to adopt a position in that regard which is not the source of legal effects unfavourable to the Republic of Latvia.
Operative part of the order
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The action is dismissed as inadmissible; |
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There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the application for leave to intervene of the Kingdom of Spain; |
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The Republic of Latvia shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission, with the exception of those relating to the application for leave to intervene; |
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The Kingdom of Spain, the Republic of Latvia and the Commission shall each bear their own costs relating to the application for leave to intervene. |