Court of Justice 7 March 2002, C-404/00 (Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. In this case the Commission seeks a declaration that, by not taking within the prescribed period the measures necessary to implement the Commission Decision of 26 October 1999 on the State aid implemented by Spain in favour of the publicly-owned shipyards (2) ( "the 1999 decision" ) declaring certain aid measures unlawful and