Order of the General Court of 25 October 2010 - Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v Parliament and Council

(Case T-18/10 R II)

(Applications for interim measures - Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 - Trade in seal products - Ban on import and sale - Exception in favour of Inuit communities - Second application for suspension of operation of a measure - New facts - No urgency)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (Ottawa, Canada), Nativak Hunters and Trappers Association (Qikiqtarjuaq, Canada), Pangnirtung Hunters' and Trappers' Association (Pangnirtung, Canada), Jaypootie Moesesie (Qikiqtarjuaq), Allen Kooneeliusie (Qikiqtarjuaq), Toomasie Newkingnak (Qikiqtarjuaq), David Kuptana (Ulukhaktok, Canada), Karliin Aariak (Iqaluit, Canada), Canadian Seal Marketing Group (Quebec, Canada), Ta Ma Su Seal Products (Cap-aux-Meules, Canada), Fur Institute of Canada (Ottawa), NuTan Furs, Inc. (Catalina, Canada), GC Rieber Skinn AS (Bergen, Norway), Inuit Circumpolar Conference Greenland (ICC) (Nuuk, Greenland, Denmark), Johannes Egede (Nuuk), Kalaallit Nunaanni Aalisartut Piniartullu Kattuffiat (KNAPK) (Nuuk) (represented by: J. Bouckaert and H. Viaene, lawyers)

Defendants: European Parliament (represented by: I. Anagnostopoulou and L. Visaggio, acting as Agents); and Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Moore and K. Michoel, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendants: European Commission (represented by: É. White, P. Oliver and K. Mifsud-Bonnici, acting as Agents); and Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: C. Wissels, Y. de Vries, J. Langer and M. Noort, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for suspension of the operation of Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on trade in seal products (OJ 2009 L 286, p. 36).

Operative part of the order

The application for interim measures is dismissed.

The order of the President of the General Court of 19 August 2010 in Case T-18/10 R II Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v Parliament and Council, not published in the ECR, is cancelled.

The costs are reserved.

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