Case T-817/14: Judgment of the General Court of 17 March 2016 — Zoofachhandel Züpke and Others v Commission (Non-contractual liability — Health policy — Combating avian influenza — Prohibition of t...

C 156/38 EN Official Journal of the European Union 2.5.2016 Judgment of the General Court of 17 March 2016 — Zoofachhandel Züpke and Others v Commission (Case T-817/14) (1) (Non-contractual liability — Health policy — Combating avian influenza — Prohibition of the importation of captured wild birds into the EU — Regulation (EC) No 318/2007 and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 139/2013 — Sufficiently serious breach of rules of law conferring rights on individuals — Manifest and serious disregard for the limits of discretion — Proportionality — Duty of care — Articles 15 to 17 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights) (2016/C 156/49) Language of the case: German Parties Applicants: Zoofachhandel Züpke GmbH (Wesel, Germany), Zoohaus Bürstadt, Helmut Ofenloch GmbH & Co. KG (Bürstadt, Germany), Zoofachgeschäft — Vogelgroßhandel Import-Export Heinz Marche (Heinsberg, Germany), Rita Bürgel (Uthleben, Germany), and Norbert Kass (Altenbeken, Germany) (represented by: C. Correll, lawyer) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Eggers and H. Kranenborg, acting as Agents) Re: Action for compensation in respect of the harm allegedly suffered by the applicants, from 1 January 2010, by reason of the adoption of the prohibition of the importation of captured wild birds into the European Union contained, first, in Commission Regulation (EC) No 318/2007 of 23 March 2007 laying down animal health conditions for imports of certain birds into the Community and the...