30According to settled case-law, the question whether a Member State has failed to fulfil its obligations must be determined by reference to the situation obtaining in the Member State at the end of the period laid down in the reasoned opinion and the Court cannot take account of any subsequent changes (see, in particular, Case C-48/10 Commission v Spain [2010] ECR I-151, paragraph 30, and Case C-206/10 Commission v Germany [2011] ECR I-3573, paragraph 25).
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