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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8609
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice

European Commission has power to control interpretation of Community law by Supreme Courts in Member States - Historic ruling

Luxembourg, 17/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Court of Justice has ruled that Italy must change an Italian law so that the Italian Supreme Court can no longer interpret it in an "anti-Community" way, as it has done up till now.

This is an historic ruling whereby European judges give greater powers to the European Commission on the eve of accession by ten new Member States, observers comment. In their view, the Commission may henceforth control the way High Courts - from the British...

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