Court of Justice 6 July 1999, C-174/98 P and C-189/98 P (Kingdom of the Netherlands and Gerard van der Wal v Commission of the European Communities.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I - Introduction 1 The appeals under consideration have been lodged by the Kingdom of the Netherlands (in Case C-174/98 P) and by Mr van der Wal (in Case C-189/98 P) against the judgment of the Court of First Instance of 19 March 1998 in Case T-83/96 Van der Wal v Commission (1) (hereinafter `the contested judgment').