Judgment_paragraph 65 · European Commission v Ireland (C-550/18)

65As regards Ireland’s argument that the Commission’s action seeks to make an example, in particular, of that Member State and of Romania, in order to induce the other Member States to comply with the transposition periods prescribed in directives, it must be pointed out that, first, as the Commission noted without that point being contested, on the date on which the present action was brought Ireland and Romania were the only Member States not to have transposed Directive 2015/849 in full. Secondly, in any event, the considerations which led the Commission to bring the present proceedings against Ireland, and to do so on the date of its choosing, cannot prejudice the applicability of Article 260(3) TFEU or the admissibility of the action brought under that provision.