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2015-11 Reports of Cases before the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance 1 (2015)

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      Joined Cases C-124/13 and C-125/13

European Parliament and European Commission
                       V
         Council of the European Union


(Actions for annulment - Regulation (EU) No 1243/2012 - Choice of legal basis
              and (3) TFEU - Policy decision - Long-term plan for cod stocks)


Article 43(2)


              Summary - judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) 1 December 2015

1.  Fisheries - Common Fisheries Policy - Provisions necessary for the pursuit of policy objectives
    Measures on the fixing and allocation of fishing opportunities - Powers of the Council
    Article 43(2) and (3) TFEU- Scope of each of those provisions

    (Art. 43(2) and (3) TFEU)


2.  Fisheries - Conservation of the resources of the sea - Long-term plan for cod
    fisheries exploiting those stocks - Regulation No 1243/2012 -    Adaptation
    mechanism for setting the total allowable catches and fishing effort limitations -
    Article 43(2) TFEU


stocks and the
of the general
Legal basis -


    (Art. 43(2) TFEU; Council Regulations No 1342/2008 and No 1243/2012)

3.  Actions for annulment - judgment annulling a measure - Effects - Limitation by the Court -
    Maintenance of the effects of the contested measure until its replacement within a reasonable
    period - justification on grounds of legal certainty

    (Art. 264, second para., TFEU)

1. The adoption by the Parliament and the Council, in accordance with the ordinary legislative
procedure, of provisions under Article 43(2) TFEU necessarily presupposes an assessment of whether
those provisions are 'necessary' for the pursuit of the objectives of the common policies governed by
the FEU Treaty, with the result that it entails a policy decision that must be reserved to the EU
legislature. By contrast, the adoption by the Council of measures on the fixing and allocation of fishing
opportunities, in accordance with Article 43(3) TFEU, does not require such an assessment since such
measures are of a primarily technical nature and are intended to be taken in order to implement
provisions adopted on the basis of Article 43(2) TFEU.

Thus, paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 43 TFEU pursue different aims and each have a specific field of
application, which means that they may be used separately as a basis for adopting particular measures
under the Common Fisheries Policy, provided that the Council, when it adopts measures on the basis
of Article 43(3) TFEU, acts within the limits of its powers and, where relevant, within the legal
framework already established under Article 43(2) TFEU. Accordingly, measures which do more than


ECL:EU:C:2015:790


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