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. |