Fisheries - Common organisation of the markets - Compensation for producers of tuna intended for the processing industry - Allocation between producers' organisations - Change of membership by producers - Effect on the allocation of the allowance - Legal basis - Principle of protection of legitimate expectations.

«(Fisheries – Common organisation of the markets – Compensation for producers of tuna intended for the processing industry – Allocation between producers' organisations – Change of membership by producers – Effect on the allocation of the allowance – Legal basis – Principle of protection of legitimate expectations)» Summary of the Judgment 1.. Agriculture – Common organisation of the markets – Rules – Lacuna – Solution 2.. Fisheries – Common organisation of the markets – Compensation for producers of tuna intended for the processing industry – Allocation between producers' organisations – Change of membership by producers – Effect on the allocation of the allowance (Council Regulation No 3759/92, Art. 18(4) and (5)) 3.. Acts of the institutions – Adoption foreseeable by a prudent and circumspect operator – Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations – Inapplicable – Reliance on that principle in order to require the repetition of a misinterpretation of an act – Inadmissible JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Fourth Chamber)28 January 2004 (1) ((Fisheries – Common organisation of the markets – Compensation for producers of tuna intended for the processing industry – Allocation between producers' organisations – Change of membership by producers – Effect on the allocation of the allowance – Legal basis – Principle of protection of legitimate expectations)) applicant, v defendant, intervener in Case T-142/01, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (Fourth Chamber), having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 18 September 2003, gives the following On those grounds, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Fourth Chamber) Tiili Mengozzi Vilaras H. Jung V. Tiili Registrar President 1 – Language of the case: Spanish.