Court of Justice 5 May 2010, C-515/08 (Criminal proceedings against Vítor Manuel dos Santos Palhota and Others.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. The Rechtbank van eerste aanleg van het gerechtelijk arrondissement Antwerpen (Court of First Instance of the judicial district of Antwerp, ‘the Rechtbank’) asks the Court of Justice to clarify whether Belgian law may be interpreted as compatible with Article 5 of Directive 96/71/EC (2) concerning the posting of