Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 1 July 2008.#Região autónoma dos Açores v Council of the European Union.#Action for annulment - Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 - Fisheries - Management of the fishing effort - Community fishing areas and resources - Action brought by a regional body - Persons individually concerned - Inadmissibility.#Case T-37/04.

Subject of the case

Re:

ACTION seeking partial annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 of 4 November 2003 on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources and modifying Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 685/95 and (EC) No 2027/95 (OJ 2003 L 289, p. 1).

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action as inadmissible;

2. Orders Região autónoma dos Açores to bear its own costs and pay those of the Council, including those incurred in the interim proceedings;

3. Orders the Kingdom of Spain and the Commission to bear their own costs, including those incurred in the interim proceedings;

4. Orders Seas at Risk VZW and WWF – World Wide Fund for Nature to bear their own costs, including those incurred in the interim proceedings;

5. Orders Stichting Greenpeace Council to bear its own costs incurred in the present proceedings;

6. Orders Porto de Abrigo – Organização de Produtores da Pesca CRL and GÊ-Questa – Associação de Defesa do Ambiente to bear their own costs incurred in the interim proceedings.