Court of Justice 7 September 1999, C-34/98 and C-169/98 (Commission of the European Communities v French Republic.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I - Subject-matter of the proceedings 1 By two separate applications, lodged on 12 February 1998 (Case C-34/98) and 7 May 1998 (Case C-169/98), the Commission of the European Communities has asked the Court of Justice to declare, on the basis of Article 169 of the EC Treaty (now Article 226 EC), that the French Republic has failed to