24As to those submissions, it is settled case-law that the purpose of the pre-litigation procedure is to give the Member State concerned an opportunity, on the one hand, to comply with its obligations under Community law and, on the other, to avail itself of its right to defend itself against the complaints made by the Commission (see, inter alia, Case C-439/99 Commission v Italy [2002] ECR I-305, paragraph 10, and Case C-287/00 Commission v Germany [2002] ECR I-5811, paragraph 16).
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