48In so far as the domestic legal provisions pleaded by the Italian Government were in force when the period set in the reasoned opinion expired, the Court must take them into account when determining whether that obligation has not been fulfilled (see, to this effect, Case C-152/98 Commission v Netherlands [2001] ECR I-3463, paragraph 21).
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