Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2010:234
Date: 2010-04-29
Language of the case: Greek
Subject matter: Agriculture and Fisheries;Fisheries policy
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Greece

Summary of the Judgment Fisheries – Conservation of the resources of the sea – Technical conservation measures – Fisheries in the Mediterranean – Regulation No 1626/94 (Council Regulation No 1626/94, Arts 1(2) and 3) Article 1(2) and Article 1(3) of Regulation No 1626/94 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean, as amended by Regulation No 2550/2000, must be interpreted as meaning, firstly, that the entry into force of that regulation does not affect the validity of a supplementary national measure, a prohibition, which was adopted before that entry into force and, secondly, that those provisions do not preclude such a measure, provided that that prohibition is in conformity with the common fisheries policy, that it does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve the objective pursued and that it is not contrary to the principle of equal treatment. (see para. 58, operative part)