Court of Justice 16 June 2005, C-86/03 (Hellenic Republic v Commission of the European Communities.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. The Greek Government claims that the Court should annul Decision 2003/3/EC (‘the contested decision’) (2) by which the Commission denied its request to use heavy fuel oils with a sulphur content greater than the 1% limit laid down in general in Directive 1999/32/EC (‘Directive 1999/32’ or ‘the directive’). (3) 2.