25Accordingly, such a contextual analysis of Article 3(1) of Regulation No 2988/95 leads, first, to the conclusion that the paragraphs of which it is composed form a whole the provisions of which cannot be taken in isolation. For instance, the fourth subparagraph of that article sets a ‘final’ limitation period in addition to the limitation period of four years which runs from the time when the irregularity was committed and which is laid down in the first subparagraph of that article. To attribute different fields of application to those paragraphs would run contrary to the general logic of the system of limitation established by that article. Thus, such an approach would run contrary to the objective pursued by Regulation No 2988/95 of providing a coherent framework for that system.
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