CELEX: 62020CN0077
Language: en
Date: 2020-02-13 00:00:00
Title: Case C-77/20: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal (Ireland) made on 13 February 2020 — K. M. v Director of Public Prosecutions

27.4.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 137/38
            
         
      Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal (Ireland) made on 13 February 2020 — K. M. v Director of Public Prosecutions
      (Case C-77/20)
      (2020/C 137/53)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Referring court
      
      Court of Appeal
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Appellant: K. M.
      
         Respondent: Director of Public Prosecutions
      
         Question referred
      
      In the context of the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and of the provisions of Article 32 of Council Regulation (EC) No 850/1998 (1), and in the context of a criminal prosecution taken to enforce the provisions thereof, is a provision of National law which provides on conviction on indictment, in addition to a fine, for the mandatory forfeiture of all fish and all fishing gear found on board the boat to which the offence relates, compatible with the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) 1224/2009 (2), and specifically Articles 89 and 90 thereof, and the principle of proportionality under the treaties of the European Union and Article 49(3) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights?
      
         (1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (OJ 1998, L 125, p. 1).
      
         (2)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community 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 (OJ 2009, L 343, p. 1).