EuGH · C-479/07 · 05.03.2009 · ECLI:EU:C:2009:131
Subject of the case Operative part Subject of the case Re: Action for annulment – Annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 809/2007 of 28 June 2007 amending Regulations (EC) No 894/97, (EC) No 812/2004 and (EC) No 2187/2005 as concerns drift nets (OJ 2007 L 182, p. 1) – Concept of ‘drift nets’ – Inclusion in that concept of stabilised nets such as the ‘thonaille’ – Infringement of the obligation to provide reasons and of the principles of proportionality and non-discrimination. Operative part Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders the French Republic to pay the costs; 3. Orders the Commission of the European Communities to bear its own costs.