# C_2005182EN.01000802.xml

| 23.7.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 182/8 |
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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Third Chamber)

of 26 May 2005

in Case C-332/03: Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic( 1 )

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Fishing - Conservation and management of resources - Regulations (EEC) Nos 3760/92 and 2847/93 - Measures of control of fishing activities)

(2005/C 182/16)

Language of the case: Portuguese

In Case C-332/03 Commission of the European Communities (Agents: T. van Rijn and A.-M. Alves Vieira) v Portuguese Republic (Agents: L. Fernandes and M.J. Policarpo) — action for failure to fulfil obligations under Article 226 EC, brought on 29 July 2003 — the Court (Third Chamber), composed of A. Rosas, President of the Chamber, J.-P. Puissochet (Rapporteur), S. von Bahr, J. Malenovský and U. Lõhmus, Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 26 May 2005, in which it:

| 1. | Declares that, by failing, in respect of the fishing years 1994 to 1996,
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to adopt appropriate rules for the use of the quotas allocated to it, —
to ensure compliance with Community legislation in the field of conservation, by means of sufficient supervision of fishing activities and adequate inspection of the fishing fleet and of the unloading and recording of catches, —
to impose a provisional prohibition of fishing by vessels flying its flag or registered in its territory when the quota allocated to it was deemed to be exhausted, and by having finally prohibited fishing only when its quota had already been greatly exceeded, —
to ensure the effective operation of a validation system including verification by cross-checking data and monitoring of data by means of a computerised database, the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations concerning the management and control of the above fishing quotas relating to the years 1994, 1995 and 1996, under Article 9(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture and Articles 2, 19(1) and (2) and 21(1) and (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy; | — | to adopt appropriate rules for the use of the quotas allocated to it, | — | to ensure compliance with Community legislation in the field of conservation, by means of sufficient supervision of fishing activities and adequate inspection of the fishing fleet and of the unloading and recording of catches, | — | to impose a provisional prohibition of fishing by vessels flying its flag or registered in its territory when the quota allocated to it was deemed to be exhausted, and by having finally prohibited fishing only when its quota had already been greatly exceeded, | — | to ensure the effective operation of a validation system including verification by cross-checking data and monitoring of data by means of a computerised database, |
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| — | to adopt appropriate rules for the use of the quotas allocated to it, | | | | | | | | |
| — | to ensure compliance with Community legislation in the field of conservation, by means of sufficient supervision of fishing activities and adequate inspection of the fishing fleet and of the unloading and recording of catches, | | | | | | | | |
| — | to impose a provisional prohibition of fishing by vessels flying its flag or registered in its territory when the quota allocated to it was deemed to be exhausted, and by having finally prohibited fishing only when its quota had already been greatly exceeded, | | | | | | | | |
| — | to ensure the effective operation of a validation system including verification by cross-checking data and monitoring of data by means of a computerised database, | | | | | | | | |

| 2. | Dismisses the remainder of the action; |
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| 3. | Orders the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs. |
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( 1 )  OJ C 135 of 7.6.2003.

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