The Queen v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte Factortame Ltd and others (C-221/89)

Judgment of 25 Jul 1991

law://eu/cjeu/1989/c-221-89/para_13@2026-11-13

13It must be observed in the first place that, as Community law stands at present, competence to determine the conditions for the registration of vessels is vested in the Member States. As far as fishing vessels in particular are concerned, the Court held in the judgment in Case 223/86 (Pesca Valentia v Minister for Fisheries and Forestry [1988] ECR 83, at paragraph 13) that the provisions of Council Regulation No 101/76 of 19 January 1976 laying down a common structural policy for the fishing industry (Official Journal 1976 L 20, p. 19) referred to fishing vessels ‘flying the flag’ of a Member State or ‘registered’ there but left those terms to be defined in the legislation of the Member States.

The Queen v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte Factortame Ltd and others (C-221/89)

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