28In addition, by adopting the first subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation No 2988/95, the legislature decided to establish a general rule on limitation applied in that area by which it intended, first, to define a minimum period applicable in all the Member States and, second, to waive the possibility of bringing proceedings concerning an irregularity that is detrimental to the EU’s financial interests after the expiry of a four-year period after the irregularity was committed (judgments of 29 January 2009, Josef Vosding Schlacht-, Kühl- und Zerlegebetrieb and Others, C‑278/07 to C‑280/07, EU:C:2009:38, paragraph 27, and of 22 December 2010, Corman, C‑131/10, EU:C:2010:825, paragraph 39).
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