Court of Justice 28 October 1999, C-307/98 (Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1 By this action the Commission is seeking from the Court of Justice a declaration that the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 4 of Council Directive 76/160/EEC of 8 December 1975 concerning the quality of bathing water (1) (hereinafter `the Directive'), and the third paragraph of Article 189 of the