Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 24 February 2015 —

Pesquerias Riveirenses and Others v Council

(Case C‑164/14 P) 1 ( 1 )

‛Appeal — Fisheries policy — Conservation of fishery resources — Fish stocks which are subject to international negotiations or agreements — Amalgamation of the northern and southern components of the stock of blue whiting in the north-east Atlantic in order to establish the TAC — Admissibility of the action — Measure not directly concerning individuals — Appeal manifestly unfounded’

1. Appeals — Grounds — Mere repetition of the pleas and arguments put forward before the General Court — Inadmissibility — Challenge to the interpretation or application of EU law by the General Court — Admissibility (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 169) (see paras 21, 22)

2. Actions for annulment — Natural or legal persons — Measures of direct and individual concern to them — Whether directly concerned — Criteria — Regulation establishing a single total allowable catch for the stock of blue whiting in the north-east Atlantic — Action by owners or operators of vessels engaged in that fishing — Not directly concerned — Right to effective judicial protection — Obligation to use internal means of redress to challenge such measures (Arts 263, fourth para., TFEU, 267 TFEU and 277 TFEU; Council Regulation No 40/2013) (see paras 33-41)

Operative part

1. The appeal is dismissed as manifestly unfounded.

2. Pesquerias Riveirenses SL and Others are ordered to bear their own costs and pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union.

3. The European Commission is ordered to bear its own costs.

( 1 ) OJ C 159, 26.5.2014.

Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 24 February 2015 —

Pesquerias Riveirenses and Others v Council

(Case C‑164/14 P) 1 ( 1 )

‛Appeal — Fisheries policy — Conservation of fishery resources — Fish stocks which are subject to international negotiations or agreements — Amalgamation of the northern and southern components of the stock of blue whiting in the north-east Atlantic in order to establish the TAC — Admissibility of the action — Measure not directly concerning individuals — Appeal manifestly unfounded’

1. Appeals — Grounds — Mere repetition of the pleas and arguments put forward before the General Court — Inadmissibility — Challenge to the interpretation or application of EU law by the General Court — Admissibility (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 169) (see paras 21, 22)

2. Actions for annulment — Natural or legal persons — Measures of direct and individual concern to them — Whether directly concerned — Criteria — Regulation establishing a single total allowable catch for the stock of blue whiting in the north-east Atlantic — Action by owners or operators of vessels engaged in that fishing — Not directly concerned — Right to effective judicial protection — Obligation to use internal means of redress to challenge such measures (Arts 263, fourth para., TFEU, 267 TFEU and 277 TFEU; Council Regulation No 40/2013) (see paras 33-41)

Operative part

1. The appeal is dismissed as manifestly unfounded.

2. Pesquerias Riveirenses SL and Others are ordered to bear their own costs and pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union.

3. The European Commission is ordered to bear its own costs.

( 1 ) OJ C 159, 26.5.2014.