Opinion of Mr Advocate General Jacobs delivered on 17 May 1990. # Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic. # Obligation to provide the Commission with information - Non-fulfilment. # Case C-48/89.

Opinion of the Advocate-General

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Mr Advocate General Jacobs delivered his Opinion on 17 May 1990 . (*) He proposed that the Court should declare that, by omitting to comply with Articles 3(2 ) and 12 of Directive 75/442/EEC, Article 10 of Directive 76/403/EEC and Articles 12(2 ) and 16 of Directive 78/319/EEC, the Italian Republic had failed to fulfil its obligations under the EEC Treaty, and order the Italian Republic to pay the costs .