96However, it must be pointed out that, in paragraph 153 of the judgment in Area Cova and Others v Council and Commission, cited in paragraph 55 supra, the Court of First Instance also held that traditional fishing rights can enure only to the benefit of States, to the exclusion of individual vessel owners, so that the latter cannot rely on an individual right the infringement of which entitles them to compensation under the second paragraph of Article 288 EC.
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