Brussels, 15/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - In a decision made on Thursday 15 May (Decision C-442/04), the European Court of Justice quashed the appeal lodged by Spain in 2004 against restrictions imposed on its fishermen in Irish waters.
The Court is therefore ruling against Spain, which denounced certain Community provisions (from 2003 and 2004), restricting fishing in biologically sensitive areas in South West Ireland that contain a high concentration of young hake. This zone was defined in...