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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 ...

Den Europæiske Unions Domstol er en af de syv EU-institutioner. Den omfatter to domsmyndigheder: the Court of Justice proper and the General Court. Den har ansvaret for Den Europæiske Unions jurisdiktion. Domsmyndigheder sikrer en korrekt fortolkning og anvendelse af den primære og afledte EU-ret i EU stolen prøver lovligheden af EU-institutionernes retsakter og træffer afgørelser om medlemsstaternes efterlevelse af forpligtelserne i henhold til primær og afledt EU-ret. Den fortolker ligeledes EU-retten ...

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".