Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2012 - Syndicat des thoniers méditerranéens and Others v Commission
(Case T-574/08)
(Non-contractual liability - Fishing - Conservation of fishery resources - Reconstitution of the stocks of bluefin tuna - Emergency measures prohibiting fishing by purse seiners - Unusual loss)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicants: Syndicat des thoniers méditerranéens (Marseille, France); Marc Carreno (Sète, France); Jean-Louis Donnarel (Lourmarin, France); Jean-François Flores (Sète); Gérald Lubrano (Balaruc-les-Bains, France); Hervé Marin (Balaruc-le-Vieux, France); Nicolas Marin (Frontignan, France); Sébastien Marin (Bouzigues, France); Jean-Marc Penniello (Collioure, France) ; Serge Antoine José Perez (Sorède, France) (represented by: C. Bonnefoi, lawyer); Jean-Luc Buono (Agde, France); Gérard Buono (Agde); Roger Louis Paul Del Ponte (Balaruc-les-Bains); Serge Antoine Di Rocco (Frontignan); Jean Gérald Lubrano (Balaruc-les-Bains); Jean Lubrano (Port-Vendres, France); Jean Lucien Lubrano (Saleilles, France); Fabrice Marin (Frontignan) and Robert Marin (Balaruc-les-Bains) (represented initially by: C. Bonnefoi, and subsequently by: A. Arnaud and P.-O. Koubi-Flotte, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: K. Banks, F. Clotuche-Duvieusart and A. Bouquet, acting as Agents)
Re:
Action for damages seeking compensation for the loss allegedly suffered by the applicants following adoption of Commission Regulation (EC) No 530/2008 of 12 June 2008 establishing emergency measures as regards purse seiners fishing for bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45°W, and in the Mediterranean Sea (OJ 2008 L 155, p. 9)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the applicants to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 69, 21.3.2009.