69Given that the question whether a Member State has failed to fulfil 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, the various matters of fact put forward by the parties which post-date 1 December 2012, the date by which the Hellenic Republic was to comply with the Commission’s reasoned opinion, will not be taken into account in the Court’s assessment of the alleged failure to fulfil obligations.
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