Court of Justice 30 September 1999, C-327/98 (Commission of the European Communities v French Republic.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. In an action under Article 169 of the EC Treaty (now Article 226 EC) the Commission is asking the Court to declare that the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under the EC Treaty and Council Directive 93/15/EEC of 5 April 1993 on the harmonisation of the provisions relating to the placing on the market and