Court of Justice 17 September 2002, C-362/01 (Commission of the European Communities v Ireland.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. The legal interest presented by these infringement proceedings is primarily procedural. There can be no serious doubts as to the substance, that is to say, as to whether the defendant really did fail to fulfil its obligations by failing to transpose into its national law Directive 98/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the