68In exercising its discretion in the matter, it is for the Court to set the penalty payment so that it is both appropriate to the circumstances and proportionate to the infringement established and the ability to pay of the Member State concerned (judgment of 15 October 2015 in Commission v Greece, C‑167/14, EU:C:2015:684, paragraph 52 and the case-law cited).
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