33It is apparent from the fourth recital in the preamble to Regulation No 2988/95 that the effectiveness of the combating of fraud against the European Union’s financial interests calls for a common set of legal rules to be enacted for all areas covered by European Union policies. Furthermore, according to the fifth recital in the preamble to that regulation, what constitutes irregular conduct and the administrative measures and penalties relating thereto are provided for in sector-specific rules in accordance with Regulation No 2988/95. In the area of checks and penalties for irregularities committed under EU law, the EU legislature has, by adopting Regulation No 2988/95, laid down a series of general principles and has required that, as a general rule, all sector-specific regulations to observe those principles (judgment in FranceAgriMer, EU:C:2012:807, paragraphs 42 and 43 and the case law cited).
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