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trade in natural resources
Seal products
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Regulation No 1007/2009, amended by Regulation No 2015/1775
Commission’s Implementing Regulations Legal basis: Article 114 TFEU on harmonization of measures necessary for the internal market General ban with some exceptions
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Inuit exception Definitions Certification mechanism
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Conflicting interests
Animal welfare Rights of indigenous peoples
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WTO panel (2013) and Appellate Body (2014) found it discriminatory
ECJ Inuit cases and WTO Seal products case. Animal welfare, public morals and Internal market General Court case T-526/10, Inuit Tapiirit Kanatami upheld the regulation. So did the Court: C-398/13 P WTO panel (2013) and Appellate Body (2014) found it discriminatory
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Reform of the Seal Regime Regulation No 2015/1775
More stringent criteria for the Inuit exception: hunt conducted in a manner which has due regard to animal welfare More explicit indication of the objectives: to avoid distortions of the internal market and to take care of citizens’ concern over animal welfare (public morals)
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