# C_2008327EN.01001802.xml

| 20.12.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 327/18 |
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20.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 327/18

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Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Simvoulio tis Epikratias (Greece) lodged on 17 October 2008 — Panagiotis I. Karanikolas, Valsamis Daravanis, Georgios Kouvoukliotis, Panagiotis Dolou, Dimitrios Z. Parisis, Konstantinos Emmanouil, Ioannis Anasoglou, Pantelis A. Beis, Dimitrios Khatziandreou, Ioannis A. Zaragkoulias, Triantafillos K. Mavrogiannis, Sotirios T. Liotakis, Vasilios Karampasis, Dimitrios Melissidis, Ioannis V. Kleovoulos, Dimitrios I. Patsakos, Theodoros Fournarakis, Dimitrios K. Dimitrakopoulos and Sinetairismos Paraktion Alieon Kavalas v Ipourgos Agrotikis Anaptixis kai Trofimon and Nomarkhiaki Aftodiikisi Dramas — Kavalas — Xanthis

(Case C-453/08)

(2008/C 327/30)

Language of the case: Greek

Referring court

Simvoulio tis Epikratias

Parties to the main proceedings

Claimants: Panagiotis I. Karanikolas, Valsamis Daravanis, Georgios Kouvoukliotis, Panagiotis Dolou, Dimitrios Z. Parisis, Konstantinos Emmanouil, Ioannis Anasoglou, Pantelis A. Beis, Dimitrios Khatziandreou, Ioannis A. Zaragkoulias, Triantafillos K. Mavrogiannis, Sotirios T. Liotakis, Vasilios Karampasis, Dimitrios Melissidis, Ioannis V. Kleovoulos, Dimitrios I. Patsakos, Theodoros Fournarakis, Dimitrios K. Dimitrakopoulos and Sinetairismos Paraktion Alieon Kavalas

Claimants:

Defendants: Ipourgos Agrotikis Anaptixis kai Trofimon and Nomarkhiaki Aftodiikisi Dramas — Kavalas — Xanthis

Defendants:

Interveners: Alieftikos Agrotikos Sinetairismos gri-gri nomou Kavalas ‘Makedonia’ and Panellinia Enosi Plioktiton Mesis Aliias (P.E.P.M.A.)

Interveners:

Questions referred

| 1. | Is it permitted, for the purposes of Article 1(2) of Council Regulation No 1626/94, for a Member State to adopt supplementary measures consisting in the complete prohibition of the use of fishing gear whose use is in principle allowed under the provisions of that regulation? |
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Is it permitted, for the purposes of Article 1(2) of Council Regulation No 1626/94, for a Member State to adopt supplementary measures consisting in the complete prohibition of the use of fishing gear whose use is in principle allowed under the provisions of that regulation?

| 2. | Is it permitted, for the purposes of the provisions of that regulation, to use in the marine area of a Member State with a Mediterranean coastline fishing gear which is not included among the gear specified as being in principle prohibited in Article 2(3) and Article 3(1) and (1a) of the regulation and whose use was prohibited before the regulation entered into force by a national provision of the Member State? |
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2.

Is it permitted, for the purposes of the provisions of that regulation, to use in the marine area of a Member State with a Mediterranean coastline fishing gear which is not included among the gear specified as being in principle prohibited in Article 2(3) and Article 3(1) and (1a) of the regulation and whose use was prohibited before the regulation entered into force by a national provision of the Member State?

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