Judgment of the General Court of (Third Chamber) of 21 November 2012 -Spain v Commission
(Case T-76/11)
(Fisheries - Measures for the conservation of living aquatic resources - Article 105 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 - Deductions from quotas allocated for a given year on account of overfishing in previous years - Temporal application - Legal certainty - Interpretation guaranteeing compliance with primary law - Principle that penalties must have a proper legal basis - Non-retroactivity)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: N. Díaz Abad, abogado del Estado)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: by F. Jimeno Fernández and D. Nardi, Agents)
Re:
Annulment of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1004/2010 of 8 November 2010 of operating deductions from certain fishing quotas for 2010 on account of overfishing in the previous year (OJ 2010 L 291, p. 31)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 89, 19.3.2011.