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Document 62000CJ0364
Summary of the Judgment
Summary of the Judgment
1. Actions for failure to fulfil obligations - Examination of the merits by the Court - Situation to be taken into account - Situation prevailing at the end of the period laid down in the reasoned opinion
(Art. 226 EC)
2. Member States - Obligations - Implementation of directives - Failure to fulfil obligations - Justification based on practices or circumstances existing in its internal legal order, including technical difficulties - Not permissible
(Art. 226 EC)