Court of Justice 28 January 1999, C-217/97 (Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1 In the present proceedings, the Commission is challenging the adequacy of the transposition by Germany of Council Directive 90/313/EEC of 7 June 1990 on the freedom of access to information on the environment (`the Directive') (1) on four points: the exclusion of judicial bodies, the partial supply of information, the scope of