CELEX: 62007CJ0479
Action for annulment
Regulation (EC) No 809/2007
Definition of the concept of drift nets
‘Thonaille’
Duty to state reasons
Infringement of the principles of proportionality and non-discrimination

Action for annulment – Annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 809/2007 of 28 June 2007 amending Regulations (EC) No 894/97,
(EC) No 812/2004 and (EC) No 2187/2005 as concerns drift nets (OJ 2007 L 182, p. 1) – Concept of ‘drift nets’ – Inclusion
in that concept of stabilised nets such as the ‘thonaille’ – Infringement of the obligation to provide reasons and of the
principles of proportionality and non-discrimination.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders the French Republic to pay the costs;
3.
Orders the Commission of the European Communities to bear its own costs.