49In the second place, the Court has held that, where a Member State is able to present a sample which satisfies the requirements of Annex I.B to Directive 91/271, the obligations deriving from Article 4 of that directive must be regarded as having been complied with since that article does not require sampling to be carried out, as provided for in Annex I.D to that directive, for a whole year. There is nothing to suggest that the situation is any different as regards compliance with the obligations arising from Article 5 of Directive 91/271, which, moreover, does not refer to the provisions of Annex I.D to Directive 91/271 (judgment of 10 March 2016, Commission v Spain, C‑38/15, not published, EU:C:2016:156, paragraph 24).
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