Court of Justice 17 March 2005, C-244/03 (French Republic v European Parliament and Council of the European Union.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. In the present action brought under Article 230 EC, the French Republic seeks the annulment of Article 1(2) of Directive 2003/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 February 2003 in so far as it introduces a new Article 4a into Directive 76/768/EEC of the Council on the approximation of the laws