Court of Justice 16 December 1997, C-8/97 (Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1 By application lodged at the Court Registry on 15 January 1997, the Commission requested the Court to declare that, `by failing to adopt or, in the alternative, to communicate to the Commission, within the period prescribed, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply fully with Council Directive