Court of Justice 27 April 2006, C-241/05 (Nicolae Bot v Préfet du Val-de-Marne.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. By an order of 9 May 2005, the Conseil d’État (France) (French Council of State) referred to the Court under Articles 68 EC and 234 EC a question on the interpretation of Article 20(1) of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement (hereinafter the ‘implementing Convention’ or simply the ‘Convention’), which lays down the