Court of Justice 12 June 2008, C-214/07 (Commission of the European Communities v French Republic.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. In these proceedings under Article 88(2) EC, the Commission contends that France, in failing to recover sums accorded to companies taking over the activities of firms in difficulty, has failed to implement Commission Decision 2004/343/EC (2) (‘the decision’) within the prescribed time period.