CELEX: 62006CJ0184
Fisheries
Regulation (EC) No 51/2006
Allocation of catch quotas among Member States
Act of Accession of the Kingdom of Spain
End of the transitional period
Requirement of relative stability
Principle of non-discrimination
New fishing opportunities

Annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 of 22 December 2005 fixing for 2006 the fishing opportunities and associated
conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in
waters where catch limitations are required (OJ 2006 L 16, p. 1) – Discrimination – Application of Article 20(2) of Council
Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under
the Common Fisheries Policy (OJ 2002 L 358, p. 59).
Operative part
The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs;

Orders the Commission of the European Communities to bear its own costs.