Los jueces españoles en su papel de jueces comunitarios: el intercambio de cuotas pesqueras en el Golfo de Vizcaya y el principio de estabilidad relativa en las sentencias del Tribunal de Luxemburgo, de la Audiencia Nacional y del Tribunal Supremo

Abstract

The Act concerning the conditions of accession of Spain (1986) allocated 90% of the total allowable catches for anchovy in the Bay of Biscay to Spain and 10% to France. According to the Arcachon Accord (1992), Spain transferred 6000 tonnesper year to France in exchange for miniquotas of other species. Associations of Spanish fishers of anchovy impugned the renovation of the Accord in 2003 and required compensation for the damages suffered as result or the Accord (1992-2002). The demands of the Spanish Associations were dismissed after a long judicial process in the Spanish National Audience and the Spanish Supreme Court (2003-2011); the Spanish judges had to apply European Union Law (jurisprudence of the EU Court of Justice; the principle of relative stability; fishing quota exchanges) and national law (agreement without consideration, compensation for damages caused by public services).