Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 12 January 2006.#Commission of the European Communities v French Republic.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 - Control system in the fisheries sector - Information on catches and fishing effort.#Case C-179/05.

Subject of the case

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Article 18(1) and the first and third indents of Article 19i of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (OJ 1993 L 261, p. 1) – Failure to provide the prescribed information

Operative part

Operative part:

The Court:

1. Declares that by failing to provide the information required under the first and third indents of Article 19i of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2635/97 of 18 December 1997, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that regulation;

2. Orders the French Republic to pay the costs.