58Lastly, in so far as the Kingdom of Belgium relies on the practical difficulties of implementing alternative measures of the kind suggested by the Commission, it is common ground that a Member State cannot plead practical, administrative or financial difficulties in order to justify failure to observe obligations arising under EU law (see, to that effect, judgment of 17 July 2014, Commission v Greece, C‑600/12, not published, EU:C:2014:2086, paragraph 41 and the case-law cited).
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