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The institution of the Advocate General was introduced into the Treaty of Rome under the influence of the French delegation during the preparation of the Treaty. The French were staunchly opposed to allowing individual judges to present dissenting or concurring opinions, and instead proposed this be done by an Advocate General, a figure modelled on the French commissaire du gouvernement, who offers legal advice to the Conseil d'État on the cases being tried. Initially, there were two Advocates General ...

Eiropas Savienības Tiesa ir viena no septiņām Eiropas Savienības iestādēm. To veido divas tiesas: pati Eiropas Savienības Tiesa un Vispārējā tiesa. Eiropas Savienības Tiesas kompetencē ir Eiropas Savienības jurisdikcija. Minētās tiesas nodrošina Savienības primāro un sekundāro tiesību aktu pareizu interpretāciju un piemērošanu Eiropas Savienībā. Eiropas Savienības Tiesas kontrolē Savienības iestāžu izdoto tiesību aktu likumīgumu un lemj par to, vai dalībvalstis ir ievērojušas primārajos un sekundārajos ...

In December 2013, Advocate-General Pedro Cruz Villalón delivered his opinion in a highly publicised case before the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) concerning the Data Retention Directive. This has reignited the debate over this controversial measure, described by the European Data Protection Supervisor as "the most privacy-invasive instrument ever adopted by the EU".