Court of Justice 12 July 2007, C-404/05 (Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. In these parallel sets of proceedings under Article 226 EC, the Commission submits that Austria and Germany have failed to fulfil their obligation to ensure freedom to provide services by requiring private bodies, approved in another Member State to provide inspection services in the area of organic farming, to have at least a