28The Court has consistently held that the purpose of the pre-litigation procedure is to give the Member State concerned an opportunity, on the one hand, to comply with its obligations under EU law and, on the other, to avail itself of its right to defend itself against the objections formulated by the Commission (judgments of 10 May 2001, Commission v Netherlands, C‑152/98, EU:C:2001:255, paragraph 23; of 5 November 2002, Commission v Germany, C‑476/98, EU:C:2002:631, paragraph 46; of 8 April 2008, Commission v Italy, C‑337/05, EU:C:2008:203, paragraph 19; and of 7 April 2011, Commission v Portugal, C‑20/09, EU:C:2011:214, paragraph 18).
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