The case law of the Court of Justice (for example, its judgment of 21 September 1989 in case C-68/88, Commission v Greece ; judgment of 27 March 1990, in case C-9/89 Spain v Council , and judgment of 1 February 2001, in case C-333/99, Commission v France ) only authorises the so-called assimilation method; the Community legislation may provide that domestic criminal provisions designed to protect certain national interests should apply also to protect the corresponding Community interests, thus combining the two sets of provisions in a new piece of legislation establishing a criminal offence.
The case law of the Court of Justice (for example, its judgment of 21 September 1989 in case C-68/88, Commission v Greece ; judgment of 27 March 1990, in case C-9/89 Spain v Council , and judgment of 1 February 2001, in case C-333/99, Commission v France ) only authorises the so-called assimilation method; the Community legislation may provide that domestic criminal provisions designed to protect certain national interests should apply also to protect the corresponding Community interests, thus combining the two sets of provisions in a new piece of legislation establishing a criminal offence.