40It is also apparent from the Court’s case-law that the question of whether a Member State has failed to fulfil its 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 (see judgments of 4 September 2014, Commission v Greece, C‑351/13, not published, EU:C:2014:2150, paragraph 20 and of 5 April 2017, Commission v Bulgaria, C‑488/15, EU:C:2017:267, paragraph 40).
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