Court of Justice 21 September 2000, C-393/98 (Ministério Público and António Gomes Valente v Fazenda Pública.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. Does the fact that the Commission has initiated infringement proceedings concerning national legislative provisions, but subsequently discontinued those proceedings in the light of modifications to the legislation, affect the duty of a court against whose decisions there is no judicial remedy under national law to refer to the