48It should, however, be pointed out that a Member State cannot plead provisions, practices or situations prevailing in its domestic legal order to justify failure to observe obligations arising under European Union law (see, inter alia, Case C-568/07 Commission v Greece [2009] ECR I-4505, paragraph 50, and Commission v Greece, cited above, paragraph 36).
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