38As regards the purpose of Article 25(3) of Regulation No 1/2003, it should be noted that the object of Article 25 of that regulation is to introduce rules governing the time limits within which the Commission is entitled, without undermining the fundamental requirement of legal certainty, to impose fines and periodic penalty payments on undertakings which are the subject of procedures for the application of the EU competition rules.
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