Judgment_paragraph 106 · European Commission v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (C-692/20)

106Secondly, as regards the fact that the United Kingdom, during the pre-litigation procedure, regularly informed the Commission of the measures that it intended to take in order to comply with the judgment establishing the infringement, it should be recalled that the duty of sincere cooperation with the Commission, as laid down in Article 4(3) TEU, means that every Member State is under a duty to facilitate the Commission’s accomplishment of its task consisting, in accordance with Article 17 TEU, in ensuring, as guardian of the Treaties, the application of EU law under the control of the Court of Justice (judgment of 8 March 2022, Commission v United Kingdom (Action to counter undervaluation fraud), C‑213/19, EU:C:2022:167, paragraph 527).

European Commission v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (C-692/20)

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