Court of Justice 8 October 1998, C-293/97 (The Queen v Secretary of State for the Environment and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ex parte H.A. Standley and Others and D.G.D. Metson and Others.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1 The questions referred here for a preliminary ruling by the High Court of Justice (England and Wales), Queen's Bench Division, relate to the interpretation of certain provisions of Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (1)