Court of Justice 23 January 2001, C-144/99 (Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of the Netherlands.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I - Introduction 1. In the present action, brought by the European Commission under Article 169 of the EC Treaty (now Article 226 EC), the Court of Justice is called upon to determine whether the obligation incumbent upon the Kingdom of the Netherlands to transpose into national law Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on