Court of Justice 8 July 1999, C-266/97 P (Coöperatieve Vereniging De Verenigde Bloemenveilingen Aalsmeer BA (VBA) v Vereniging van Groothandelaren in Bloemkwekerijproducten (VGB), Florimex BV, Inkoop Service Aalsmeer BV and M. Verhaar BV.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I - Introduction 1 This appeal has been brought against the judgment of the Court of First Instance delivered on 14 May 1997 in Case T-77/94, between Vereniging van Groothandelaren in Bloemkwekerijprodukten and Others and the Commission of the European Communities (1) (hereinafter `the VGB' and `the Commission' respectively).