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15.8.2008 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 209/42 |
Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 1 July 2008 — Região autónoma dos Açores v Council
(Case T-37/04) (1)
(Action for annulment - Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 - Fisheries - Management of the fishing effort - Community fishing areas and resources - Action brought by a regional body - Persons individually concerned - Inadmissibility)
(2008/C 209/71)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Região autónoma dos Açores (Portugal) (represented initially by: M. Renouf, S. Crosby, C. Bryant, Solicitors, and H. Mercer, Barrister, and subsequently by M. Renouf, C. Bryant and H. Mercer)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: J. Monteiro and F. Florindo Gijón, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the applicants: Seas at Risk VZW, formerly Stichting Seas at Risk Federation (Brussels, Belgium); WWF — World Wide Fund for Nature, (Gland, Switzerland); and Stichting Greenpeace Council (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (represented by: R. Buxton, Solicitor, and D. Owen, Barrister).
Interveners in support of the defendants: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: T. van Rijn and B. Doherty, acting as Agents) and Kingdom of Spain, (represented by: N. Díaz Abad, abogado del Estado)
Re:
Action seeking artial annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 of 4 November 2003 on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources and modifying Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 685/95 and (EC) No 2027/95 (OJ 2003 L 289, p. 1)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action as inadmissible. |
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Orders Região autónoma dos Açores to bear its own costs and pay those of the Council, including those incurred in the interim proceedings. |
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Orders the Kingdom of Spain and the Commission to bear their own costs, including those incurred in the interim proceedings. |
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Orders Seas at Risk VZW and WWF — World Wide Fund for Nature to bear their own costs, including those incurred in the interim proceedings. |
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Orders Stichting Greenpeace Council to bear its own costs as incurred in the present proceedings. |
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Orders Porto de Abrigo — Organização de Produtores da Pesca CRL and GÊ-Questa — Associação de Defesa do Ambiente to bear their own costs as incurred in the interim proceedings. |