Case T-18/10: Order of the General Court of 6 September 2011 — Inuit Tapiritt Kanatami and Others v Parliament and Council (Actions for annulment — Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 — Trade in seal products — Ban on import and sale — Exception in favour of Inuit communities — Application of the fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU — Meaning of regulatory act — Absence of direct or individual concern — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2011-09-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: animal product, import restriction, market approval, protection of animals, seal








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29.10.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 319/20





Order of the General Court of 6 September 2011 — Inuit Tapiritt Kanatami and Others v Parliament and Council
(Case T-18/10) (1)

(Actions for annulment - Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 - Trade in seal products - Ban on import and sale - Exception in favour of Inuit communities - Application of the fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU - Meaning of ‘regulatory act’ - Absence of direct or individual concern - Inadmissibility)
2011/C 319/43
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Inuit Tapiritt Kanatami (Ottawa, Canada); Nattivak 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); Efstathios Andreas Agathos (Athens, Greece); Canadian Seal Marketing Group (Quebec, Canada); Ta Ma Su Seal Products, Inc. (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 initially by J. Bouckaert, M. van der Woude and H. Viaene, and subsequently 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: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by C. Wissels, Y. de Vries, J. Langer and M. Noort, acting as Agents) and European Commission (represented initially by É. White, P. Oliver and J.-B. Laignelot, and subsequently by É. White, P. Oliver and K. Mifsud-Bonnici, acting as Agents)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment 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







1.


The action is dismissed as inadmissible.










2.


Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Nattivak Hunters and Trappers Association, Pangnirtung Hunters’ and Trappers’ Association, Jaypootie Moesesie, Allen Kooneeliusie, Toomasie Newkingnak, David Kuptana, Karliin Aariak, Efstathios Andreas Agathos, the Canadian Seal Marketing Group, Ta Ma Su Seal Products, the Fur Institute of Canada, NuTan Furs, Inc., GC Rieber Skinn AS, Inuit Circumpolar Conference Greenland (ICC), Johannes Egede and Kalaallit Nunaanni Aalisartut Piniartullu Kattuffiat (KNAPK) shall bear their own costs and pay those incurred by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.










3.


The Kingdom of the Netherlands and the European Commission shall bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 100, 17.4.2010.