Documents:
24/25 Notification19/11/2025 EN 24/25 Request AO
19/11/2025 EN 24/25 Request AO
19/11/2025 IS 24/25 Information Note
18/02/2026 EN 24/25 Judgment
16/09/2026 EN 24/25 Judgment
16/09/2026 IS 24/25 Press Release
16/09/2026 DE 24/25 Press Release
16/09/2026 EN 24/25 Press Release
16/09/2026 IS 24/25 Press Release
16/09/2026 NO
About this case:
Directive 2010/63/EU – Animal welfare – Blood farming – Equine chorionic gonadotropin/Pregnant mare serum gonadotropin – Non-experimental agricultural practices – Practices undertaken for the purposes of recognised animal husbandry – Definition of ‘procedure’
16/10/2025
Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by the District Court of South Iceland (Héraðsdómur Suðurlands) in the case of Ísteka ehf. v The Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (Matvælastofnun)
19/11/2025
Deadline for written observations from Governments and relevant institutions (cf. Article 20 of the Statute): Monday, 19 January 2026
18/01/2026
Written observations received from Ísteka ehf.
19/01/2026
Written observations received from The Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (Matvælastofnun)
19/01/2026
Written observations received from the EFTA Surveillance Authority
19/01/2026
Written observations received from the European Commission
21/01/2026
Service of written observations