EU INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION ROUND UP – DUTCH WIN CASE OVER REISSUING UNUSED FISHING LICENCES
March 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected arguments by the European Commission that when a member state receives funding to reduce the size of its fishing fleet, it should not re-issue licences left unused when boats are transferred to a non-European Union (EU) register. In a test case, the Netherlands was taken to court after reissuing licences previously used by two vessels that were reflagged in Argentina, working within a EU-Argentine joint venture, part funded by European Union aid.At the ECJ, the Commission argued that "the re-use of ...
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