Court of Justice 15 May 2007, C-439/05 P and C-454/05 P (Land Oberösterreich and Republic of Austria v Commission of the European Communities.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. This appeal concerns an attempt by one of the Austrian Länder to introduce, with a view to creating a farming area free of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), a law imposing a general ban on the cultivation of genetically modified plants or seed, and on the breeding and release of transgenic animals. 2.