Opinion of Mr Advocate General Jacobs delivered on 20 February 1991. # Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of the Netherlands. # Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Failure to implement a directive. # Case C-310/89.

Opinion of the Advocate-General

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Mr Advocate General Jacobs delivered his Opinion on 20 February 1991. (*) He concluded that the Court should:

(1) Declare that, by failing to adopt within the period prescribed the provisions necessary to ensure the implementation of Council Directive 84/539/EEC of 17 September 1984, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has failed to fulfil its obligations under the EEC Treaty;

(2) Order the Kingdom of the Netherlands to pay the costs.

(*) Original language: English.