82In assessing whether the measures in question are necessary, it should be noted that the immediate objective pursued by the Community legislature, as apparent from the first four recitals in the preamble to Regulation No 261/2004, is to strengthen protection for passengers who suffer cancellation of, or long delays to, flights, by redressing, in an immediate and standardised manner, certain damage caused to passengers placed in such circumstances.
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