Court of Justice 28 October 1999, C-296/98 (Commission of the European Communities v French Republic.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General A - Introduction 1 In this action for failure to fulfil a Treaty obligation the Commission claims that an administrative practice, based on statute, of the French supervisory agency for the insurance industry, consisting in regularly obtaining certain information concerning each type of insurance contract marketed for the first time