Court of Justice 8 February 1996, C-318/94 (Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General Introduction 1. In this case the Commission seeks a declaration that, by virtue of the fact that the Wasser- und Schiffahrtsamt (Waterways and Navigation Office) Emden awarded a public works contract for the dredging of part of the lower Ems from Papenburg to Oldersum by negotiated procedure without publishing a tender notice in the