Court of Justice 21 October 2004, C-212/03 (Commission of the European Communities v French Republic.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. The Commission asks the Court, pursuant to Article 226 EC, to find that the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 28 EC in that in certain cases, in breach of Community law, it applies a (disproportionate) prior authorisation procedure to medicinal products.