Court of Justice 23 March 2000, C-180/98 to C-184/98 (Pavel Pavlov and Others v Stichting Pensioenfonds Medische Specialisten.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I - Introduction 1. In the present cases, referred by the Kantongerecht (Cantonal Court) Nijmegen, the Court is asked to give a ruling on questions concerning the compatibility of the Netherlands system of compulsory affiliation to professional pension schemes with the competition rules of the EC Treaty.