ABSTRACT
The Court of First Instance has jurisdiction in respect of annulment actions brought by natural and legal persons, and the European Court of Justice in respect of actions brought by Member States and the Community institutions. In cases before the CFI, the appointment of an Advocate General is mandatory, the Court sits in plenary session, but an Advocate General may be appointed by a Chamber where it is considered that the legal difficulty or factual complexity of a case so requires. The context of applying the Community's conditions for granting interim relief, the importance of protecting public health, as likewise Lord Woolf had noted that the Court of Justice took the view that the requirements of the protection of public health took precedence over economic considerations. However extent that the Court of Justice further dismantles the barriers to natural, legal persons making direct application under Article 230 EC, this question may require further consideration.
