Judgment_paragraph 86 · European Commission v Ireland (C-550/18)

86As 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 (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.