80In particular, in view of its obligation, referred to in paragraph 78 above, to prove the alleged failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations, the Commission cannot, under the guise of claiming that the Member State concerned has generally and persistently failed to fulfil its obligations under EU law on the grounds that the objective set by EU law has not been achieved, avoid complying with that obligation to prove the alleged failure on the basis of concrete evidence of the infringement of the specific provisions which it invokes, and rely on simple presumptions or schematic causations (see, to that effect, judgment of 22 February 2018, Commission v Poland, C‑336/16, EU:C:2018:94, paragraph 78).
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