Judgment_paragraph 3 · Italian Republic v Council of the European Union (C-611/17)

3Recitals 35 to 37 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (OJ 2013 L 354, p. 22) (‘the CFP Regulation’) state:(35) In view of the precarious economic state of the fishing industry and the dependence of certain coastal communities on fishing activities, it is necessary to ensure the relative stability of fishing activities by allocating fishing opportunities among Member States, based on a predictable share of stocks for each Member State.(36) Such relative stability of fishing activities, given the temporary biological situation of stocks, should safeguard the particular needs of regions where local communities are especially dependent on fisheries and related activities as decided by the Council in its Resolution of 3 November 1976 [, on certain external aspects of the creation of a 200-mile fishing zone in the Community with effect from 1 January 1977, (OJ 1981 C 105, p. 1)] and in particular Annex VII thereto.(37) Therefore, it is in this sense that the concept of relative stability should be understood.’