Luxembourg, 14/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - In a press release, the European Court of Justice pointed out that its Advocate General, Juliane Kokott, felt that less harsh criminal law adopted after the facts must not be applied if it runs counter to Community law. The Court recalls that Silvio Berlusconi, in his capacity as company chairman and shareholder, is prosecuted by Italian law for having falsified balance sheets before 2002, when the new Italian criminal provisions on falsification of...