1.7.2019
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 220/3
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 30 April 2019 — Italian Republic v Council of the European Union
(Case C-611/17) (1)
(Actions for annulment - Common fisheries policy - Conservation of resources - International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas - Total allowable catch (TAC) for Mediterranean swordfish - Regulation (EU) 2017/1398 - Fixing of fishing opportunities for 2017 - Exclusive competence of the European Union - Determination of the reference period - Reliability of the basic facts - Scope of judicial review - Article 17 TEU - Management of the EU’s interests within international bodies - Principle of relative stability - Conditions under which applicable - Principles of non-retroactivity, legal certainty, legitimate expectation and non-discrimination)
(2019/C 220/04)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, acting as Agent, assisted by P. Gentili, avvocato dello Stato)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: F. Naert and E. Moro, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented initially by: V. Ester Casas and subsequently by M.J. García-Valdecasas Dorrego, acting as Agents), European Commission (represented by: F. Moro and A. Stobiecka-Kuik, acting as Agents)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders the Italian Republic to pay, in addition to its own costs, the costs incurred by the Council of the European Union;
3.
Orders the Kingdom of Spain and the Commission to bear their own costs.
(1) OJ C 424, 11.12.2017.
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