Case C-546/24, Killybegs Fishing Enterprises and Others: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 30 October 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal – Ireland) – PN, Killybegs Fishing Enterprises Ltd., Killybegs Seafoods Unlimited, Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation Ltd. v Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common fisheries policy – Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 – Weighing of fishery products – Article 60(2) – Weighing carried out on landing – Article 61(1) – Weighing carried out after transport from the place of landing – Place of weighing in the event of an inspection – Possibility for the competent authorities to require weighing of fisheries products at the place of landing before the fisheries products are transported elsewhere)
Date: 2025-10-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: authorised catch, common fisheries policy, derogation from EU law, fishery product, fishing controls, weight and size








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C/2025/6598


22.12.2025






Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 30 October 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal – Ireland) – PN, Killybegs Fishing Enterprises Ltd., Killybegs Seafoods Unlimited, Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation Ltd. v Sea Fisheries Protection Authority


(Case C-546/24,
                (1)
Killybegs Fishing Enterprises and Others)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Common fisheries policy - Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 - Weighing of fishery products - Article 60(2) - Weighing carried out on landing - Article 61(1) - Weighing carried out after transport from the place of landing - Place of weighing in the event of an inspection - Possibility for the competent authorities to require weighing of fisheries products at the place of landing before the fisheries products are transported elsewhere)
(C/2025/6598)
Language of the case: English

Referring court

Court of Appeal

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: PN, Killybegs Fishing Enterprises Ltd., Killybegs Seafoods Unlimited, Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation Ltd.

Defendant: Sea Fisheries Protection Authority

Operative part of the judgment

Article 61(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015
         
must be interpreted as meaning that where a Member State has provided for a derogation from Article 60(2) of that regulation by adopting a control plan approved by the European Commission, the competent authority of that Member State may nevertheless require, on the basis of Article 60(6) of that regulation, that any quantity of fisheries products first landed in that Member State is weighed at the place of landing before being transported elsewhere.


(1)  OJ C, C/2024/6912.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6598/oj
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