CELEX: 62019CA0733
Language: en
Date: 2021-04-15 00:00:00
Title: Case C-733/19: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 April 2021 — Kingdom of the Netherlands v Council of the European Union, European Parliament (Action for annulment — Common fisheries policy — Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 — Conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources — Protection of marine ecosystems — Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 — Technical measures — Annex V, Part D — Ban on fishing by vessels using electric pulse trawls — Principle of proportionality — Precautionary principle)

7.6.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 217/9
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 April 2021 — Kingdom of the Netherlands v Council of the European Union, European Parliament
      (Case C-733/19) (1)
      
      (Action for annulment - Common fisheries policy - Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 - Conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources - Protection of marine ecosystems - Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 - Technical measures - Annex V, Part D - Ban on fishing by vessels using electric pulse trawls - Principle of proportionality - Precautionary principle)
      (2021/C 217/12)
      Language of the case: Dutch
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: M.K. Bulterman, M. Noort and P. Huurnink, acting as Agents)
      
         Defendants: Council of the European Union (represented by: F. Naert and A. Maceroni, acting as Agents), European Parliament (represented by: R. van de Westelaken, I. Liukkonen and K. Zejdová, acting as Agents)
      
         Intervener in support of the defendants: French Republic (represented by: A.-L. Desjonquères and M. J.-L. Carré, acting as Agents)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action.
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament.
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders the French Republic to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 423, 16.12.2019.