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Maurice Lagrange was appointed Advocate General in 1953 and retired in 1964. He delivered over 80 Opinions in a period of 10 years, covering a wide range of issues. The first 40 or so Opinions concerned the European Coal and Steel Treaty (ECSC Treaty) exclusively, whilst the remainder covered all three Treaties.

In 2001 the European Commission ('the Commission') published a long-expected White Paper entitled 'European Transport Policy for 2010: Time to Decide'1 where it set out its vision for the transport industry for the immediate future. In the section dealing with the enlarged Europe and the globalisation of transport the Commission noted that:

Although, in the history of the European Community, the period 1958 to 1985 will not be remembered for remarkable achievement as far as the freedom to provide transport services is concerned, the nineties have redressed the balance, even though a complete Common Transport Policy (CTP) has not yet been achieved. This paper seeks to summarise the current status of the CTP and to focus on two longstanding problems. These problems are the proposals to finance, and then maintain, transport infrastructures and the debate on the Community's external competence in the field of transport, particularly sea and air transport. However, an appreciation of what has been achieved in the nineties cannot be done without recalling briefly some of the historical background.

The prominence of the Advocate General is one of the most distinctive, & controversial, features of the European Court of Justice. This is a study of the Advocate General & his role in the development of EC Law. It examines the history of the role the questions over its future, & the role's importance in the procedures of the Court