Court of Justice 24 June 1987, 289/85 (Italian Republic v Commission of the European Communities.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General ++++ Mr President, Members of the Court, A - Facts 1 . In spring 1985, there was an outbreak in Belgium of African swine fever, a disease which is regarded as particularly dangerous because no innoculation exists against the virus which is the cause of it .