CELEX: C2005/155/16
Language: en
Date: 2005-06-25 00:00:00
Title: Case C-179/05: Action brought on 21 April 2005 by the Commission of the European Communities against the French Republic

25.6.2005   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 155/8
            
         Action brought on 21 April 2005 by the Commission of the European Communities against the French Republic
   (Case C-179/05)
   (2005/C 155/16)
   Language of the case: French
   An action against the French Republic was brought before the Court of Justice of the European Communities on 21 April 2005 by the Commission of the European Communities, represented by M. Nolin, with an address for service in Luxembourg.
   The Commission claims that the Court should:
   
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               declare that, by failing to provide the Commission with the information required under Article 18(1) and the first and third indents of Article 19i of Regulation No 2847/93 (1), the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that regulation;
            
         
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               order the French Republic to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   
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               With regard to the information required under Article 18(1) of Regulation No 2847/93, the French authorities have still not provided this for 1999 or 2000. Moreover, for the subsequent years, that information has been provided late.
            
         
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               With regard to the information required under Article 19i of Regulation No 2847/93, the French authorities have not provided this for 1999, 2000, 2001 or 2002. Nor has that information has been provided for subsequent years.
            
         
      (1)  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1).