Court of Justice 21 February 2002, C-349/97 (Kingdom of Spain v Commission of the European Communities.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. Under the first paragraph of Article 173 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, the first paragraph of Article 230 EC), the Kingdom of Spain has applied for the annulment of that part of Commission Decision 97/608/EC of 30 July 1997 amending Decision 97/333/EC on the clearance of the accounts presented by the Member States in