CELEX: 62004CJ0134
Fisheries
Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 distributing catch quotas among Member States
Act of Accession of Spain
End of the transitional period
Requirement of relative stability
Principle of non-discrimination
New fishing opportunities

Annulment in part of Council Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 of 19 December 2003 fixing for 2004 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 2003 L 344, p. 1) in so far as new fishing opportunities in the
North Sea and in the Baltic are not allocated having regard to the interests of Spain despite the end of the transitional
regime – 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.