Order of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 7 February 2014 —
Pesquerias Riveirenses and Others v Council

(Case T‑180/13)

Action for annulment — Fisheries policy — Regulation (EU) No 40/2013 — Amalgamation of the northern and southern components of the stock of blue whiting in the north-east Atlantic in order to establish the TAC — Lack of direct concern — Manifestly inadmissible

Actions for annulment — Natural or legal persons — Measures of direct and individual concern to them — Whether directly concerned — Criteria — Regulation establishing a single total allowable catch for the stock of blue whiting in the north-east Atlantic — Action by owners or operators of vessels engaged in that fishing — Not directly concerned — Determination by a Member State, prior to the entry into force of the regulation of the method of sharing the fishing quota allocated — No effect (Council Regulation No 40/2013, Arts 5 and 10(1), and Annexes I, I A and I B) (see paras 14, 18, 22, 25)

Re:

ACTION for annulment of Council Regulation (EU) No 40/2013 of 21 January 2013 fixing for 2013 the fishing opportunities available in EU waters and, to EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are subject to international negotiations or agreements (OJ 2013 L 23, p. 54), as amended, in so far as it amalgamates the northern and southern components of the stock of blue whiting in the north-east Atlantic in order to establish the TAC (total allowable catch) for blue whiting set out in Annexes I A and I B of that regulation.

Operative part

1. The action is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible.

2. The applicants, Pesquerias Riveirenses, SL, and others, are ordered to bear their own costs as well as those incurred by the Council of the European Union.