66In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) of that regulation, in the case of repeated irregularities, the limitation period runs from the day on which the irregularity ended. As has been recalled in paragraph 49 of this judgment, where in order to derive economic advantages therefrom, an operator carries out a body of similar transactions which infringe the same provision of EU law, those transactions must be regarded as forming a single continuous or repeated irregularity. Consequently, the concept of an ‘irregularity ceasing’ referred to in that provision must be understood as referring to the day on which the last transaction forming part of a single repeated irregularity ceased.
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