Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2000:332
Date: 2000-06-15
Language of the case: French
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Telecommunications
Procedure: Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
Origin: Belgium

Summary of the Judgment 
Actions for failure to fulfil obligations — Consideration of the merits by the Court — 
Situation to be taken into account — Situation as it stood at the end of the period laid 
down in the reasoned opinion 
(Art. 226 EC) 
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SUMMARY — CASE C-384/99 
In proceedings pursuant to Article 226 EC, 
the question whether a Member State has 
failed to fulfil its obligations must be 
determined by reference to the situation in 
the Member State as it stood at the end of 
the period laid down in the reasoned 
opinion, and the Court cannot take account 
of any subsequent changes. 
(see para. 16) 
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