Court of Justice 25 March 2004, C-442/02 (CaixaBank France v Ministère de l'Économie, des Finances et de l'Industrie.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. In the present case the Court is asked to clarify whether national rules of a Member State prohibiting the remuneration of ‘sight’ current accounts in euros constitute restrictions on the freedom of establishment prohibited by Article 43 EC in so far as they apply to the subsidiary formed in that Member State by a legal person