Judgment of the General Court of 18 June 2014 — Spain v Commission
(Case T-260/11) 1
(Fisheries — Conservation of fishery resources — Spain exceeding mackerel fishing quotas in zones VIIIc, IX and X in EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 for 2010 — Deductions from fishing quotas for 2011 to 2015 — Rights of the defense — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations — Equal treatment)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: initially N. Díaz Abad and L. Banciella Rodríguez-Miñón, then M. Sampoll Pucurull and Banciella Rodríguez-Miñón, abogados del Estado)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouquet, F. Jimeno Fernández and D. Nardi, Agents)
Re:
Annulment of Commission Regulation (EU) No 165/2011 of 22 February 2011 providing for deductions from certain mackerel quotas allocated to Spain in 2011 and subsequent years on account of overfishing in 2010 (OJ 2011 L 48, p. 11).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs and to pay those of the European Commission.
________________________1 OJ C 211, 16.7.2011.