Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2006:38
Date: 2006-01-12
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Agriculture and Fisheries;Fisheries policy
Concepts: Defences
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: France

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Fifth Chamber) of 12 January 2006 in Case C-179/05 Commission of the European Communities v French Republic 1 (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 - Control system in the fisheries sector - Information on catches and fishing effort) (Language of the case: French) In Case C-179/05 Commission of the European Communities (Agent: M. Nolin) v French Republic (Agents: G. de Bergues and A. Colomb) - action for failure to fulfil obligations under Article 226 EC - the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of J. Makarczyk, President of the Chamber, R. Silva de Lapuerta and M. Kūris (Rapporteur), Judges; M. Poiares Maduro, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 12 January 2006, in which it: 1. Declares that by failing to provide the information required under the first and third indents of Article 19i of Council Regulation 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) 2635/97 of 18 December 1997, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that regulation; 2. Orders the French Republic to pay the costs. ____________ 1 - OJ C 155 of 25.06.2005