Court of Justice 20 September 2001, C-20/00 and C-64/00 (Booker Aquacultur Ltd (C-20/00) and Hydro Seafood GSP Ltd (C-64/00) v The Scottish Ministers.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. The Court of Session (Scotland), in Edinburgh (United Kingdom), asks the Court, in essence, whether the right of property, as recognised by Community law, requires that compensation be paid to farmers whose fish have had to be destroyed under measures imposed by a Council directive for the control of diseases. 2.