90In 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 22 June 2016, Commission v Portugal, C‑557/14, EU:C:2016:471, paragraph 68).
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