Court of Justice 16 January 2001, C-152/98 (Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of the Netherlands.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. This is the ninth time that the Commission of the European Communities has asked the Court to declare that a Member State, here the Kingdom of the Netherlands, has failed to fulfil its obligations under Council Directive 76/464/EEC of 4 May 1976 on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic