31That finding is confirmed by the objectives pursued by Regulation No 2419/2001. As evidenced by recital 32 in the preamble thereto, it is aimed at adopting the measures necessary to combat irregularities and fraud in the implementation of the different aid schemes coming within the integrated system in order to protect the European Union’s financial interests effectively. In order to attain that objective, that regulation provides, as evidenced by recital 33 in the preamble thereto, for reductions and exclusions according to the gravity of the irregularity committed in the aid application, up to total exclusion from one or more aid schemes for a determined period (see, by analogy, judgment in Agrargenossenschaft Pretzsch, C‑417/00, EU:C:2002:715, paragraphs 35 to 39).
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