Court of Justice 24 April 1997, C-309/95 (Commission of the European Communities v Council of the European Union.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General Preliminary observations 1 This action has been brought by the Commission under Article 173 of the EC Treaty for the annulment of the Council's decision of 22 June 1995 adopted on the basis of the third subparagraph of Article 93(2) of the EC Treaty, in which the Council found that the grant by France of exceptional aid to wine