Court of Justice 17 October 2002, C-338/00 P (Volkswagen AG v Commission of the European Communities.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I. Introduction 1. The subject of this appeal is the judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 July 2000 in Volkswagen v Commission , (2) partially annulling Commission Decision of 28 January 1998 relating to a proceeding under Article 85 of the EC Treaty (3) and reducing to EUR 90 000 000 the fine of ECU 102 000 000 imposed by