19It is to be observed that the purpose of the pre-litigation procedure laid down in Article 226 EC is to give the Member State the opportunity to comply with its obligations under Community law or to avail itself of its right to defend itself against the complaints made by the Commission (Case 293/85 Commission v Belgium [1988] ECR 305, paragraph 13; order in Case C-266/94 Commission v Spain [1995] ECR I-1975, paragraph 16, and Case C-1/00 Commission v France [2001] ECR I-9989, paragraph 53).
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