137In the present case, the Commission infringed the principle of proportionality by applying a mechanism for reduction of the aid which does not distinguish between the primary obligations and the secondary obligations imposed on the recipient of the aid (Case C-326/94 Maas [1996] ECR I-2643, paragraph 29). The applicants claim in that regard that the recipients of the aid complied with all their primary obligations, that is, the creation of a joint enterprise, the removal of a vessel from the Community register and its registration in the fishing register of a third country and the priority supply of the Community market.
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