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Document E2025P0024
Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by the District Court of South Iceland dated 16 October 2025 in the case of Ísteka ehf. v The Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (Case E-24/25)
Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by the District Court of South Iceland dated 16 October 2025 in the case of Ísteka ehf. v The Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (Case E-24/25)
Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by the District Court of South Iceland dated 16 October 2025 in the case of Ísteka ehf. v The Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (Case E-24/25)
PUB/2025/1313
OJ C, C/2026/1284, 26.2.2026, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/1284/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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Official Journal |
EN C series |
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C/2026/1284 |
26.2.2026 |
Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by the District Court of South Iceland dated 16 October 2025 in the case of Ísteka ehf. v The Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority
(Case E-24/25)
(C/2026/1284)
A request has been made to the EFTA Court dated 16 October 2025 from the District Court of South Iceland (Héraðsdómur Suðurlands), which was received at the Court Registry on 16 October 2025, for an Advisory Opinion in the case of Ísteka ehf. v The Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (Matvælastofnun) on the following questions:
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Must the provision of Article 1(2) of Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes, cf. its Article 3(1), be interpreted as meaning that blood collection from pregnant mares for the production of PMSG/eCG hormone constitutes a ‘procedure’ (Icelandic: ‘tilraun’) using animals that falls within the scope of that directive? |
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If the first question is answered in the affirmative, so that blood collection from pregnant mares for the production of PMSG/eCG hormone is held to constitute a procedure within the meaning of the Directive, must the provisions of points (a), (d) or (f) of its Article 1(5) be interpreted in such a way that that directive nevertheless does not apply to the blood collection if the view is taken that it has been practised in Iceland to produce PMSG/eCG hormone for approximately 40 years? |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/1284/oj
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