20Firstly, it is appropriate to recall that Regulation No 2988/95 introduces, in accordance with Article 1 thereof, ‘general rules … relating to homogenous checks and to administrative measures and penalties concerning irregularities with regard to [EU] law’ and, as is apparent from the third recital in the preamble to that regulation, in order to ‘[counter] acts detrimental to the [EU’s] financial interests … in all areas’ (see judgments in Handlbauer, C‑278/02, EU:C:2004:388, paragraph 31; Josef Vosding Schlacht-, Kühl- und Zerlegebetrieb and Others, C‑278/07 to C‑280/07, EU:C:2009:38, paragraph 20; and Pfeifer & Langen, C‑564/10, EU:C:2012:190, paragraph 36).
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