Case C-64/04: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 29 March 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Fishing licences — Regulation (EC) No 3690/93 — Vessels Cleopatra and Ocean Quest — Definitive transfer of those vessels to Argentina)
Date: 2007-04-28
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Member State, European Commission, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, common fisheries policy, fishery management, fishing licence

28.4.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 96/3

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 29 March 2007
— Commission of the European Communities v United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

(Case C-64/04) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Fishing
licences — Regulation (EC) No 3690/93 — Vessels Cleopatra
and Ocean Quest — Definitive transfer of those vessels to
Argentina)

(2007/C 96/03)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: T. van Rijn and B. Doherty, acting as Agents)

Defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland (represented by: M. Bethell, Agent)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement
of Article 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3690/93 of
20 December 1993 establishing a Community system laying
down rules for the minimum information to be contained in
fishing licences — Failure to withdraw the fishing licences of the
vessels Cleopatra and Ocean Quest after their definitive transfer to
Argentina

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

Defendant: Council of
F. Florindo Gijón and G. Ramos Ruano, Agents)

the European Union (represented by:

Intervener in support of the defendant: Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities (represented by: T. van Rijn and S. Pardo
Quintillán, Agents)

Re:

Annulment in part of Council Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003
of 19 December 2003 fixing for 2004 the fishing opportunities
and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of
fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and,
for Com-
munity vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required
(OJ 2003 L 344, p. 1) in so far as new fishing opportunities in
the North Sea and in the Baltic are not allocated having regard
to the interests of Spain despite the end of the transitional
regime — Discrimination — Application of Article 20(2) of
Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002
on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries
resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (OJ 2002 L 358,
p. 59)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs;

3. Orders the Commission of the European Communities to bear its

own costs.

2. Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the

costs.

(1) OJ C 106 of 30.4.2004.

(1) OJ C 94, 17.4.2004.

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 April
2007 — Kingdom of Spain v Council of the European
Union

(Case C-134/04) (1)

(Fisheries — Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 distributing
catch quotas among Member States — Act of Accession of
Spain — End of the transitional period — Requirement of
relative stability — Principle of non-discrimination — New
fishing opportunities)

(2007/C 96/04)

Language of the case: Spanish

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 26 April 2007
— Commission of the European Communities v Republic
of Finland

(Case C-195/04) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Public
supply contract for catering equipment — Article 28 EC —
Quantitative restrictions on imports — Measures having
equivalent effect — Principle of non-discrimination — Obli-
gation of transparency)

(2007/C 96/05)

Language of the case: Finnish

Parties

Parties

Applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: M.A. Sampol
Pucurull and E. Braquehais Conesa, Agents)

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: M. Huttunen and K. Wiedner, Agents)