62021CJ0259_SUM
Case C‑259/21
European Parliament
v
Council of the European Union
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 24 November 2022
(Action for annulment – Common fisheries policy – Regulation (EU) 2021/92 – Fixing for 2021 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters – Conservation of fishery resources and protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures – Articles 15 to 17 and 20 and the second paragraph of Article 59 – Article 43(3) TFEU – Misuse of powers – Principle of sincere cooperation)
Actions for annulment – Actionable measures – Action for annulment of a measure that had already been implemented or was no longer in force at the time when the action was brought
(Art. 263 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 45-47)
Fisheries – Common fisheries policy – Provisions necessary for the pursuit of the objectives of the policy – Measures on the fixing and allocation of fishing opportunities – Powers of the Council – Article 43(2) and (3) TFEU – Respective scopes
(Art. 43(2) and (3) TFEU)
(see paragraphs 63, 64)
Fisheries – Common fisheries policy – Provisions necessary for the pursuit of the objectives of the policy – Measures on the fixing and allocation of fishing opportunities – Powers of the Council – Article 43(3) TFEU – Scope
(Arts 43(3) and 290 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulations 2019/472, Art. 9, and 2019/1241, Arts 10(4) and 15; Council Regulation 2021/92, recital 59 and Arts 15 to 17, 20 and 59, second para.)
(see paragraphs 66, 69- 78, 81- 83, 85, 88)
See the text of the decision.