Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 12 January 2006 – Commission v France
(Case C-179/05)
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 – Control system in the fisheries sector – Information on catches and fishing effort
Member States – Obligations under Community law – Failure to fulfil obligations – National legal system pleaded as justification – Not permissible (Art. 226 EC) (see para. 8)
Re:
| Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Article 18(1) and the first and third indents of Article 19i of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (OJ 1993 L 261, p. 1) – Failure to provide the prescribed information |
Operative part:
The Court:
1. |
| Declares that by failing to provide the information required under the first and third indents of Article 19i of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2635/97 of 18 December 1997, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that regulation; |
2. |
| Orders the French Republic to pay the costs. |