Court of Justice 20 September 2001, C-169/00 (Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Finland.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I - Introduction 1. In this case the Commission, pursuant to Article 226 EC, requests the Court to declare that the Republic of Finland, by maintaining provisions exempting both the sale of works of art by the artist himself or by intermediaries and the importation of works of art purchased directly from the artist, has failed to