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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 ...

Sud Europske unije jedna je od sedam institucija EU-a. Sačinjavaju ga dva suda: Sud Europske unije i Opći sud, a nadležan je za pravosuđe Europske unije. Ta dva suda brinu se za to da se primarno i sekundarno zakonodavstvo Europske unije pravilno tumači i primjenjuje na njezinom teritoriju. Provjeravaju zakonitost akata institucija Unije i odlučuje o tome ispunjavaju li države članice svoje obveze iz primarnog i sekundarnog zakonodavstva. Sud Europske unije također tumači pravo Unije na zahtjev nacionalnih ...

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".