Court of Justice 30 April 1998, C-285/97 (Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I - Subject-matter of the present proceedings, arguments of the parties and legal analysis 1 The Commission of the European Communities has requested the Court in the present proceedings to declare, pursuant to Article 171 of the EC Treaty, that the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under the third paragraph of