33Next, with regard to the alleged delay in bringing the proceedings under Article 258 TFEU, the rules of that provision must be applied without any obligation on the Commission to act within a specific period (Case 324/82 Commission v Belgium [1984] ECR 1861, paragraph 12, and Case C-333/99 Commission v France [2001] ECR I-1025, paragraph 25) and it is for the Commission to choose when it will bring an action for failure to fulfil obligations before the Court; the considerations which determine its choice of time cannot affect the admissibility of the action (Case C-317/92 Commission v Germany [1994] ECR I-2039, paragraph 4, and Case C-40/00 Commission v France [2001] ECR I-4539, paragraph 23).
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