Court of Justice 10 July 2007, C-337/05 (Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. In the present action, brought pursuant to Article 226 EC, the Commission seeks a declaration from the Court that, by adopting a procedure, in existence over a long period and still followed now, of directly awarding to the firm Agusta contracts for the purchase of helicopters to meet the requirements of several ministries and