Court of Justice 8 September 2005, C-540/03 (European Parliament v Council of the European Union.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. By this application, the European Parliament asks the Court to annul the final subparagraph of Article 4(1), Article 4(6) and Article 8 of Council Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification (2) (‘the Directive’).