Court of Justice 6 February 2003, C-98/01 (Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I ─ Introduction 1. These actions for infringement of the Treaty question the compatibility with Community law of rules which make certain kinds of operations affecting the existence, object or share-structure of privatised companies in strategically important parts of the economy subject to prior administrative approval.