Court of Justice 28 October 2010, C-376/09 (European Commission v Republic of Malta.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. In this case, (2) brought under Article 226 EC (now Article 258 TFEU), the Commission of the European Communities has sought a declaration from the Court that, by failing to decommission fire protection systems and extinguishers containing halons for non‑critical uses on board ships and to recover such halons, the Republic of