ECJ SAYS BRITAIN BROKE LAW IN DELAYING FISH DATA TRANSFERS
November 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BRITISH government has been censured by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over its failure to submit to the European Commission timely data on demersal and pelagic catches from 1999 to 2005. The court has ruled that Britain has failed to comply with European Union regulation 2847/93, as amended by regulation 1954/2003 on Common Fisheries Policy controls. It dismissed arguments that the case brought by the Commission was pointless because "procedures had been put in place in order to ensure that the United Kingdom complies" with ...
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