(Case T-37/04)

Action for annulment – Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 – Fisheries – Management of the fishing effort – Community fishing areas and resources – Action brought by a regional body – Persons individually concerned – Inadmissibility

Re:

ACTION seeking partial annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 of 4 November 2003 on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources and modifying Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 685/95 and (EC) No 2027/95 (OJ 2003 L 289, p. 1).

Operative part

The Court:

1.Dismisses the action as inadmissible;

2.Orders Região autónoma dos Açores to bear its own costs and pay those of the Council, including those incurred in the interim proceedings;

3.Orders the Kingdom of Spain and the Commission to bear their own costs, including those incurred in the interim proceedings;

4.Orders Seas at Risk VZW and WWF – World Wide Fund for Nature to bear their own costs, including those incurred in the interim proceedings;

5.Orders Stichting Greenpeace Council to bear its own costs incurred in the present proceedings;

6.Orders Porto de Abrigo – Organização de Produtores da Pesca CRL and GÊ-Questa – Associação de Defesa do Ambiente to bear their own costs incurred in the interim proceedings.