Judgment_paragraph 77 · European Commission v Romania (C-549/18)

77As regards, secondly, the duration of the infringement, it should be recalled that that duration must, as a rule, be assessed by reference to the date on which the Court assesses the facts, not the date on which proceedings are brought before it by the Commission (see, to that effect, judgment of 8 July 2019, Commission v Belgium (Article 260(3) TFEU — High-speed networks), C‑543/17, EU:C:2019:573, paragraph 87). That assessment of the facts must be considered as being made at the date of conclusion of the proceedings.