Court of Justice 24 February 2000, C-205/98 (Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. In an action brought on 29 May 1998, the Commission of the European Communities applied to the Court under the second paragraph of Article 169 of the EC Treaty (now the second paragraph of Article 226 EC) for a declaration that the Republic of Austria (hereinafter Austria) had infringed Article 7(b) and (h) of Directive 93/89/EEC,