Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 25 April 2013.

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v European Commission.

Trade in seal products - Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 - Detailed rules for implementation - Regulation (EU) No 737/2010 - Prohibition on placing such products on the market - Exception in favour of Inuit communities - Plea of illegality - Legal basis - Subsidiarity - Proportionality - Misuse of powers.

Case T-526/10.



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
24/05/2013 Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2013:215
25/04/2013 Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v Commission
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:T:2013:215
25/04/2013 Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v Commission
Application (OJ)
15/01/2011 Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v Commission
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Annulment of Commission Regulation (EU) No 737/2010 of 10 August 2010 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on trade in seal products (OJ 2010 L 216, p. 1).

Systematic classification scheme

1.
3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.04 Subject-matter, form of order sought and pleas in law
      3.08.04.00 General
3 Legal proceedings
  3.06 Plea of illegality
    3.06.01 Measures in respect of which a plea of illegality may be raised
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.00 General
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.00 General
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.00 General
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.01 Sources of EU law
    1.01.02 General principles of law
      1.01.02.06 Principle of proportionality
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.03 Respective powers and obligations of the European Union and of the Member States
    1.03.04 Principle of subsidiarity
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.16 Technical standards and regulations
      4.11.16.02 Importation and marketing


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 09/11/2010

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

25/04/2013


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 13 from 15.01.2011, p.34

Judgment: OJ C 164 from 08.06.2013, p.14

Name of the parties

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Bouveresse, Aude: Recevabilité et moyens d'annulation, Europe 2013 Juin Comm. nº 257 p.16-19 (FR)
  2. Voena, Enrica: Interdiction de commercialisation des produits dérivés du phoque: harmonisation des législations ou moralisation déguisée du marché intérieur, JurisNews 2013 p.2-3 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Approximation of laws
  • Environment

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

Septième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Prek

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

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