45In this regard it is sufficient to observe that the Court has repeatedly held that the question whether a Member State has failed to fulfil its obligations must be determined by reference to the situation prevailing in the Member State at the end of the period laid down in the reasoned opinion and that the Court cannot take account of any subsequent changes (see, inter alia, Case C-152/05 Commission v Germany [2008] ECR I-39, paragraph 15, and Case C-286/12 Commission v Hungary [2012] ECR, paragraph 41 and the case-law cited).
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