53In the third place, as regards the United Kingdom’s argument that the time limit of four months prescribed by the Commission in its letter of formal notice for the submission of its observations concerning compliance with the judgment establishing the infringement was unreasonable and insufficient, it must be held that it follows from the case-law that the aims of the pre-litigation procedure, which are to give the Member State concerned an opportunity to comply with its obligations under EU law and to avail itself of its right to defend itself against the objections formulated by the Commission, require the Commission to allow Member States a reasonable period within which to reply to letters of formal notice and to comply with the relevant judgment finding a failure to fulfil obligations under Article 258 TFEU, or, where appropriate, to prepare their defence, and, in order to determine whether the period allowed is reasonable, all the circumstances of the case must be taken into account (see, by analogy, judgment of 16 July 2020, Commission v Romania (Anti-money laundering), C‑549/18, EU:C:2020:563, paragraph 70 and the case-law cited).
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