Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber), 3 October 2013

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v European Parliament and Council of the European Union

Appeal — Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 — Trade in seal products — Restrictions on importing and marketing such products — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Right of natural or legal persons to institute proceedings — Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU — Concept of ‘regulatory act’ — Legislative act — Fundamental right to effective judicial protection

Case C‑583/11 P



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
08/11/2013 Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v Parliament and Council
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2013:625
03/10/2013 Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v Parliament and Council
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2013:625
03/10/2013 Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v Parliament and Council
Application (OJ)
10/02/2012 Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v Parliament and Council
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2013:21
17/01/2013 Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v Parliament and Council
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Subject-matter

Appeal brought against the order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 6 September 2011 in Case T-18/10 Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v Parliament and Council dismissing an action seeking annulment of Council 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) – Meaning of ‘regulatory act’ – Requirement that a party be individually concerned by the contested regulation

Systematic classification scheme

1.
3 Legal proceedings
  3.10 Appeals
    3.10.03 Grounds of appeal
      3.10.03.02 Issues relating to the admissibility of the pleas
        3.10.03.02.03 Repetition of pleas in law and arguments put forward at first instance
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.07 Interpretation of EU law
3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.03 Applications by natural or legal persons
      3.02.03.04 Regulatory acts
3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.03 Applications by natural or legal persons
      3.02.03.02 Acts which are of individual concern to them
3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.03 Applications by natural or legal persons
      3.02.03.03 Acts which are of direct concern to them
3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.03 Applications by natural or legal persons
      3.02.03.02 Acts which are of individual concern to them
3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.03 Applications by natural or legal persons
      3.02.03.03 Acts which are of direct concern to them
3 Legal proceedings
  3.10 Appeals
    3.10.03 Grounds of appeal
      3.10.03.04 Substance of the pleas in law
        3.10.03.04.03 Infringement of EU law
          3.10.03.04.03.01 Insufficient or contradictory reasoning for the decision under appeal
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.47 Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 21/11/2011

Date of the Opinion

  • 17/01/2013

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

03/10/2013


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 58 from 25.02.2012, p.3

Judgment: OJ C 344 from 23.11.2013, p.14

Name of the parties

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v Parliament and Council

Notes on Academic Writings

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  2. Weingerl, Petra: Omejena možnost neprivilegiranih tožnikov za vložitev ničnostne tožbe zoper akte EU, Pravna praksa 2013 nº 45 p.22-23 (SL)
  3. Simon, Denys: Article 263, alinéa 4 TFUE, Europe 2013 Décembre Comm. nº 12 p.26-27 (FR)
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  6. Streinz, Rudolf: Individualrechtsschutz im Kooperationsverhältnis, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2014 p.17-21 (DE)
  7. Guretzki, Torben: Klagebefugnis Einzelner gegen Gesetzgebungsakte der Europäischen Union, Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht 2014 p.58-59 (DE)
  8. Arnull, Anthony: Arrêt "Inuit": la recevabilité des recours en annulation introduits par des particuliers contre des actes réglementaires, Journal de droit européen 2014 nº 205 p.14-16 (FR)
  9. Gundel, Jörg: Die Rechtsprechung zur Individualklagebefugnis des Art. 263 Abs. 4 AEUV nach dem Vertrag von Lissabon - Eine Bestandsaufnahme zu den Folgen der Neuregelung, Europäisches Wirtschafts- & Steuerrecht - EWS 2014 p.22-27 (DE)
  10. Nowak, Carsten ; Behrend, Katharina: Kein zentraler Individualrechtsschutz gegen Gesetzgebungsakte der Europäischen Union?, Europarecht 2014 p.86-99 (DE)
  11. Coutron, Laurent: L'héritage de l'arrêt UPA, L'Actualité juridique droit administratif 2014, n° 10, p. 548-556 (FR)
  12. Veenbrink, J.M. ; De Waele, H.C.F.J.A.: S.E.W. ; Sociaal-economische wetgeving 2014 p.200-201 (NL)
  13. Kornezov, Alexander: Shaping the New Architecture of the EU System of Judicial Remedies: Comment on Inuit, European Law Review 2014 p.251-263 (EN)
  14. Widdershoven, R.J.G.M.: Administratiefrechtelijke beslissingen ; Rechtspraak bestuursrecht 2014 nº 179 (NL)
  15. Bombois, Thomas ; Waelbroeck, Denis: Des requérants "privilégiés" et des autres ..., Cahiers de droit européen 2014 p.22-75 (FR)
  16. Baudouin, Maxime: La CJUE confirme l'irrecevabilité d'un recours formé par des personnes physiques et morales contre un règlement relatif au commercedes produits dérivé du phoque, Revue de droit rural 2014 nº 422 p.64-65 (FR)
  17. Van Malleghem, Pieter-Augustijn ; Baeten, Niels: Before the law stands a gatekeeper - Or, what is a "regulatory act" in Article 263(4) TFEU?, Common Market Law Review 2014 p.1187-1216 (EN)
  18. Martini, Ruben: Faktisches Kontrolldefizit? Die prinzipale gerichtliche Überprüfung abstraktgenereller Unionsrechtsakte im Bereich des Zivilrechts, Zeitschrift für Gemeinschaftsprivatrecht 2014 p.312-314 (DE)
  19. Guiot, François-Vivien: L'affaire Inuit : une illustration des interactions entre recours individuel et équilibre institutionnel dans l'interprétation de l'article 263 du TFUE, Revue trimestrielle de droit européen 2014 p.389-408 (FR)
  20. Polzin, Monika: Zeitenwende in der Auslegungsmethodik des primären Unionsrechts: Geht der Trend zur subjektiven Auslegung?, Aus Kiel in die Welt - Festschrift zum 100-jährigen Bestehen des Walther-Schücking-Instituts für Internationales Recht (Ed. Duncker & Humblot - Berlin) 2014 p.877-900 (DE)
  21. Bartoloni, Maria Eugenia: La nozione di "atto regolamentare" nell'interpretazione offerta dalla Corte di giustizia dell'Unione europea e i suoi riflessi sul ricorso individuale di invalidità, Diritti umani e diritto internazionale 2014 p.249-253 (IT)
  22. Leeb, Cornelia: Alle Rechtsschutzlücken geschlossen? Zum System des Individualrechtsschutzes im Unionsrecht nach Inuit II, Zeitschrift für Europarecht, internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung 2015 p.4-13 (DE)
  23. Brosset, Estelle: Les enseignements de l'affaire Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Revue de l'Union européenne 2015 n° 586 p.173-188 (FR)
  24. Grah, Ines: Posamezniki v postopku ničnostne tožbe pred Sodiščem EU-Spremembe Lizbonske pogodbe v zvezi s predpisi, ki ne potrebujejo izvedbenih ukrepov, Podjetje in delo 2016 nº 1 p.137-155 (SL)
  25. Knol Radoja, Katarina: Pravo na pristup sudu Europske unije, Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Rijeci 2016 n° 1 p.511-531 (HR)
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Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

  • Approximation of laws
  • Environment

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment
  • Appeals : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

von Danwitz

Advocate General

Kokott

Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • German