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Furthermore, in accordance with settled case-law, a Member State cannot plead provisions, practices or situations prevailing in its domestic legal order to justify failure to observe obligations and time-limits laid down by a directive (see, inter alia, Case C‑450/00 Commission v Luxembourg [2001] ECR I‑7069, paragraph 8, and judgment of 28 April 2005 in Case C‑375/04 Commission v Luxembourg, paragraph 11).