Court of Justice 13 July 2006, C-217/05 (Confederación Española de Empresarios de Estaciones de Servicio v Compañía Española de Petróleos SA.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. The background to this reference for a preliminary ruling is the question whether, and if so subject to what conditions, an oil company can impose on service-stations it supplies fixed prices for the sale of its fuel to final consumers.