Action brought on 2 September 2008 - Federcoopesca and Others v Commission

(Case T-366/08)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicants: Federazione Nazionale delle Cooperative della Pesca (Federcoopesca) (Rome, Italy); Pappalardo (Cetara, Italy); Pescatori La Tonnara (Cetara, Italy); Fedemar (Cetara, Italy); I Ciclopi di Tudisco Matteo (Catania, Italy); Testa (Catania, Italy); Pescatori San Pietro Apostolo, Camplone (Pescara, Italy), and Pesca (Pescara, Italy) (represented by: P. Cavatola, V. Cannizzaro and G. Micucci, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Form of order sought

annul 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;

order the Commission to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The pleas in law and principal arguments are similar to those relied on in Case T-305/08 Italian Republic v Commission and Case T-313/08 Veromar di Tudisco Alfio & Salvatore snc v Commission.

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