ECJ BACKS BRITAIN IN FISH LICENCE ROW WITH BRUSSELS
April 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has backed the British government in a legal row with the European Commission over the re-issuing of fishing licences that had been used by UK-flagged boatstransferred to Argentina under a capacity reduction programme mandated by Brussels. The boatsin question were the vessels Cleopatra and Ocean Quest, which were transferred to the Argentine shipping register in 1996 and 1997 respectively. Their licences were subsequently reissued to other UK boats, and when the European Commission discovered this had happened, ...
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