Court of Justice 22 March 2001, C-84/00 (Commission of the European Communities v French Republic.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. By an action for failure to fulfil obligations brought on 7 March 2000, the Commission asks the Court to declare that the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 30 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 28 EC), by failing to allow the marketing within France of articles of precious metals which