Judgments (Information) nº T-37/04 of Court of First Instance of the European Communities, July 01, 2008

• Resolution Date: July 01, 2008
• Issuing Organization: Court of First Instance of the European Communities
• Decision Number: T-37/04

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 1 July 2008 – Região autónoma dos Açores v Council

(Case T-37/04)

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

1. Actions for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them (Art. 230, fourth para., EC; Council Regulation No 1954/2003) (see paras 33-38)

2. Actions for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them (Arts 230, fourth para., EC and 299(2) EC; Council Regulation No 1954/2003) (see paras 53-56)

3. European Communities – Judicial review of the legality of the acts of the institutions – Measures of general scope – Need for natural or legal persons to have recourse to a plea of illegality or a reference for a preliminary ruling on validity (Arts 230, fourth para., EC, 234 EC and 241 EC; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1367/2006; Council Regulation No 1954/2003) (see paras 92-93)

   Re:

   ACTION seeking partial 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

   The Court:

1. Dismisses the action as inadmissible;

2. Orders Região autónoma dos Açores to bear its own costs and pay...