Court of Justice 11 March 1999, C-189/97 (European Parliament v Council of the European Union.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1 In citing, in conjunction with Article 43 of the EC Treaty, the first subparagraph of Article 228(3) rather than the second subparagraph, which requires the European Parliament's assent, as the legal basis in conjunction with Article 43 of the EC Treaty, for the adoption of Council Regulation (EC) No 408/97 of 24 February 1997 on