Court of Justice 20 March 1997, C-107/96 (Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1 By application lodged at the Court Registry on 3 April 1996, the Commission of the European Communities brought an action under Article 169 of the EC Treaty for a declaration that by failing to adopt and bring into force and by not communicating within the prescribed period the laws, regulations and administrative provisions